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Recent Examples of gamely
So the writer gamely played it straight.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
In recent years, Ed Sheeran slipped behind the counter, gamely slinging dogs and taking his fair share of abuse from the staff.
—Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
O’Brien, gamely holding a cigar, introduces the museum director, who begins by noting that Freud’s office couch is actually housed in London.
—Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The crew gamely crawled onto the porch, which was pitching a bit, leading a reporter to ask Saturday why the Navy didn’t simply put the astronauts into a boat and quickly transport them to the Murtha.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Barkin, who was dating Levinson at the time of the film’s production, gamely strives to anchor the odd, histrionic film with her performance and wrings real pathos out of Lynn’s brittle and wounded demeanor.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Barcelona battled gamely with 10 men in the second half but Atletico will be the favourites to reach the competition’s semi-finals when these two teams renew hostilities at the Metropolitano on April 14.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
For a piece in this week’s issue, Dhruv Khullar, a practicing physician and a contributing writer, investigated this growing industry, speaking to the doctors who are tinkering with compounds and the users gamely jabbing themselves in a quest for self-optimization.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
That marquee status would seem to be a virtual guarantee for his second-round match later today against Alcaraz—Fonseca gamely fought through his first-round match against Hungary’s Fábián Marozsán yesterday in three sets, setting up this early-round gut-check.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
In recent years, Ed Sheeran slipped behind the counter, gamely slinging dogs and taking his fair share of abuse from the staff.
—Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
O’Brien, gamely holding a cigar, introduces the museum director, who begins by noting that Freud’s office couch is actually housed in London.
—Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The crew gamely crawled onto the porch, which was pitching a bit, leading a reporter to ask Saturday why the Navy didn’t simply put the astronauts into a boat and quickly transport them to the Murtha.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Barkin, who was dating Levinson at the time of the film’s production, gamely strives to anchor the odd, histrionic film with her performance and wrings real pathos out of Lynn’s brittle and wounded demeanor.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Barcelona battled gamely with 10 men in the second half but Atletico will be the favourites to reach the competition’s semi-finals when these two teams renew hostilities at the Metropolitano on April 14.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
For a piece in this week’s issue, Dhruv Khullar, a practicing physician and a contributing writer, investigated this growing industry, speaking to the doctors who are tinkering with compounds and the users gamely jabbing themselves in a quest for self-optimization.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
That marquee status would seem to be a virtual guarantee for his second-round match later today against Alcaraz—Fonseca gamely fought through his first-round match against Hungary’s Fábián Marozsán yesterday in three sets, setting up this early-round gut-check.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamely
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After fighting valiantly to ward off injury, the horse was euthanized in 2007, his courageous battle forever remembered at Churchill Downs, where his statue stands outside of Gate 1.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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After so many seasons in which James valiantly carried otherwise ordinary teams to extraordinary achievements, the greatest scorer in NBA history was not even the Los Angeles Lakers' focal point this year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The play’s focus is resolutely on the impoverished rural family of women who fall under this ambitious bluesman’s influence in the rural Georgia of the 1930s, writes Chris Jones.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Levy and Atlan-Jackson say that while the group remains resolutely pro-theatrical release, the Netflix deal made sense.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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Wall Street has been determinedly upbeat about the war in Iran resolving in a relatively short window.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Though his injuries were severe, the sailors watched in wonder as the cat determinedly licked his wounds, then got back to work destroying the rats threatening the ship’s food stores.—
Anne Ewbank,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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April 20 – May 20 Your mood may be harder to hide when outside expectations press too firmly.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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The Cardigan Once relegated to the back of office chairs as a precautionary layer, the cardigan has firmly reestablished itself as a key component of the modern work wardrobe.—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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In a story set in the Great Depression, the Filipino-American novelist wrote courageously of the struggles of the migrant worker who wishes to live with dignity in a world that chooses not to see him as fully human.—
Time,
Time,
12 May 2026
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Your team have just courageously avoided relegation on the final day.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
Adverb
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While many television and podcast analysts have been extremely careful to only note possible theories of what happened to Guthrie based on their past investigative expertise, others have gone full bore in boldly declaring their view of what occurred.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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Her success brought both raves and snark, but a thing that could boldly be said of her whole deal was that it was aligned with counterculture even as it was subsumed by the mainstream.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
9 May 2026
Adverb
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The 49ers’ defense played so stoutly that the Panthers totaled just 230 yards, including 169 passing yards from Bryce Young, who was sacked once, by Clelin Ferrell.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
25 Nov. 2025
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This would include more stoutly discouraging the delusion and possibly being completely upfront and clamping down on it.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Mercifully, Aviv has bravely attempted to untangle the mother-daughter dynamic and bring it into the light.—
Michael Schaub,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Millions of Americans were dying, including two of my best friends and many of the elders who had bravely entrusted their stories to me.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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“Gamely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamely. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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