audacious

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The first major international title to be decided on penalties was the 1976 European Championship – with the winning kick the now infamous and audacious chip named after Antonin Panenka.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Establishing a global city and financial hub to rival Singapore or London was always an audacious undertaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The way Wood sees it, it might be an audacious vision, but why not?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Yet Hall went close to a second equaliser after the interval, curling narrowly wide with an audacious effort that drew an admiring thumbs-up from Donnarumma.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Unlike Burr’s distinguished bloodline, which gave his aristocratic bearing its roots and biological rationale, Hamilton’s more dashing and consistently audacious style developed as a willful personal wager against the odds of his impoverished origins.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis