brave
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In the end, then, Beaird is evidence that we are living in a brave, new post-Chevron world.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Egotism reigns in our modern world, and only those brave enough to stand up to it can impede its rule.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Out in the audience, stars Matt Rife and Christine Ko, other actors, and the crew brave the festivalgoers and try to set up for the perfect multi-angled shots of the entrance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Healey praised young people as "digital natives, whip-smart, questioning, ambitious, brave" who could move from "generation jeopardy to generation hope".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
It was hard swimming, even for a brave and determined lion of the sea.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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
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
“You get different strategies depending on your neighbors,” said Parker, who braves ticks, sharp branches and poison ivy when out in the field.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 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
Still, she imposed what Norman Podhoretz called an “inordinate demand”: that Jews under Hitler be braver and nobler than ordinary people could be expected to be when murderers held all the power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Others are salacious — the kind of letters we might write if we were braver, bolder, well, Eve Babitz.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner - a possible challenger to Sir Keir - said it "must be a wake up call" and the government must be "braver".
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
“I feel braver when I’m around you, you know,” he says.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
“We’re trying to figure out who the 3% are, because they are the bravest people on earth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
Lithgow, reprising his Olivier-winning performance, is at once terrifying and never anything less than human in one of the bravest performances of the Broadway season.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
It’s the bravest step, Moore says, because it requires self-compassion.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
The best and bravest next to Hector, the Prince Aeneas, came near to death at Diomedes’ hands.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Last winter, food began to run low as fewer volunteers braved the road to deliver supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 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
Protesters clashed with police as thousands of people braved stormy weather to demonstrate against a controversial private property bill outside the Argentine Senate on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Further west in the US, millions of Americans already braved the heat.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
There were memoirs by Arctic explorers, fearless mountaineers, and deep-sea divers who braved the briny deep wearing those newfangled diving costumes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Digger enters that room like a gladiator braving the ring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
But either way, there’s no braving this journey alone.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Scotland fans have arrived in American's Sunshine State in their thousands, braving extremely hot temperatures.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
But recent research shows that they were braving the cold.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
Could she travel halfway around the world, braving the very real dangers of pirates, shipwreck, and disease, to face a wild and unknown land?
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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