daredevil
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The daredevil intensity that won Adrien Brody two Oscars translates forcefully to the stage in his Broadway debut in “The Fear of 13.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Hundreds of spectators gathered at the base of the 101-storey tower to watch Alex Honnold, 40, embark on his daredevil feat, which was also broadcast live on Netflix.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
And he was SantaCon’s resident daredevil, climbing the Brooklyn Bridge in 1998, only to hop back to earth and blend in anonymously with the SantaCon New York crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Unless you’re a daredevil who loves to incur risk, most of the time you should bet against beta.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025
Maybe 8-year-old me was a daredevil; 12-year-old me definitely is not.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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