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Example sentences for: gumption

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The traditional investigative story, at least in the movies, works this way: The intrepid reporter, through gumption and legwork, exposes the evildoer; then the government takes over to flesh out the case and administer punishment.
Network legal analysts and reporters followed suit, marveling at Wright's "guts" and "gumption," even as their own instant polls showed the public favored the ruling.
Lawyers and judges are trying to raise money for the agency that many say has worked magic with little more than gumption, hardscrabble dollars and a rambling, second-floor warren of rooms across the street from City Hall.
He's less credible yet making cow eyes at Minnie Driver, whose tomboyish gumption is often charming but more often strange.