brave
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"If they did I would say they are very brave."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
All 18,000 tickets had been given to anyone willing to brave long lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s important for the world to understand how brave the accused are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instagram did something bold and brave this week: It unveiled a new wordmark for the first time, stepping away from its signature cursive to a new and strange part-modern, part-script font.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
How brave he was to tell his mom about Purnell.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The Citi Field crowd will surely welcome them warmly—if anyone braves near-freezing temperatures in New York that night to watch them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
After a frankly weird hero’s journey in which she braves stormy seas and faces execution by the Seraphites, Ellie makes it to the abandoned aquarium to find Abby.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2025
Hansi Flick's - predominantly - young braves were confirmed as La Liga champions with a 2-0 win at Espanyol on Thursday, having already won the Copa del Rey in April.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
Pity the poor pedestrian who braves Seattle’s sidewalks.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Muhammad braves that one pretty well against the reds from Michigan, the yellows from Ohio, the purples from Minnesota, the oranges from Iowa, and the greens from Indiana.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Ms. Crowther makes a good case that Monroe’s was a bigger, braver life than the headlines and gossip suggest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
That’s what makes Pope Leo’s stance against a modern-day Babylon even braver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Nevertheless, the call from Angela Rayner, Sir Keir's former deputy, for Labour to take this as a "wake up call" and become "braver" was notably forthright.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
"If we want to make the change we were sent into government to make, we have to be braver," the Manchester MP added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
That means I have to be even braver than her.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
He is the loudest possible proof that you do not need a gun to be the bravest man on the hill.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
And when our best and bravest citizens are pushed to obey orders that they sense are wrong, the injury is compounded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
And she’s the bravest of them all on this night, so to speak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
It’s the bravest step, Moore says, because it requires self-compassion.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
Lynn was the bravest girl in the world.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
Tens of thousands of people have braved heavy rain as they arrived at the Reading Festival on its first day.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Mwiche Nalupumbwe, 26, was among hundreds who braved the morning chill to queue at polling stations well before they opened.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Earlier, thousands of demonstrators defied a massive police presence and braved wind and rain to gather without incident.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Outflanked by cruel and fickle gods at every turn, legendary Greek hero Odysseus outsmarted a one-eyed giant, suffered through the bewitching Sirens’ song and braved the Underworld’s dead denizens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
She had braved the lake to find them.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
But either way, there’s no braving this journey alone.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Zookeepers then pivot to old-fashioned tracking, braving thickets of brambles and stinging nettles in search of footprints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
But recent research shows that they were braving the cold.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
She goes from wanting to be a trophy wife with nothing to do, to braving a world that isn’t built for her, dressing and acting like she already has a seat at the table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Enlivened by this miracle, the dainty flowers braving the cold, he bustled about outside his log, setting things in order.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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