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However, embarrassment ultimately serves as a gut check.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 June 2024
Advertisement That’s why a recent poll done for The Times by NORC at the University of Chicago and paid for by the California Endowment brought me some hope about this country’s long, painful journey toward accepting LGBTQ+ people — and was also a gut check on how much work there still is to do.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
For Arvidsson, the wild finish wasn’t a collapse but a gut check for the Kings.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
The gut check led to the Hoosiers picking up their 13th consecutive win after their lone loss at Stanford on Nov. 12.
—Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 June 2024
Advertisement That’s why a recent poll done for The Times by NORC at the University of Chicago and paid for by the California Endowment brought me some hope about this country’s long, painful journey toward accepting LGBTQ+ people — and was also a gut check on how much work there still is to do.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
For Arvidsson, the wild finish wasn’t a collapse but a gut check for the Kings.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
The gut check led to the Hoosiers picking up their 13th consecutive win after their lone loss at Stanford on Nov. 12.
—Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Gut check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gut%20check. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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