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stouthearted men and women who served in the army medical corps
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
Ernaux, who is seventy-nine years old, is not well known outside of France, but in her native country she is considered something of a literary lioness, for her stouthearted willingness to mine material from her own life.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2020
Just a few days after airline passengers witnessed another inspiring example of the stouthearted professionals trained by the U.S. military, along comes an everyday hero who says his only combat training is wrestling his daughter to bed.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
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Much like the valiant former Roman general Maximus of Gladiator or the stouthearted Crusader Balian of Kingdom of Heaven, Jean proudly charges into battle, sword in hand, hacking at the enemy with no regard for his own life.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
Ernaux, who is seventy-nine years old, is not well known outside of France, but in her native country she is considered something of a literary lioness, for her stouthearted willingness to mine material from her own life.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2020
Just a few days after airline passengers witnessed another inspiring example of the stouthearted professionals trained by the U.S. military, along comes an everyday hero who says his only combat training is wrestling his daughter to bed.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
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“Stouthearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stouthearted. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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