brave
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Svitlana maintains a brave smile throughout our conversation, but her distress is painfully obvious.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Minnie Merriman was described by her family as "incredible, beautiful and brave"
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Whether you listen or not, here’s a quick primer on this brave new online ecosystem, and a practical guide for surviving it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“That is not how a justice system is supposed to work. Our country needs more brave leaders like David Huerta to stand up for the wrongs they see around them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Anyway, she was brave to ignore the critical chatter.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
That’s when she braves the sport’s gnarliest crashes to master tricks so dangerous that her opponents won’t even dare to attempt them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 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
Javier Galicia braves the bitter cold to clear snow from a sidewalk along 4th Ave. in Minneapolis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
And Lastest of All: Nomadland Loser: A scrappy woman living in a rolling box braves intermittent cell service on her primitive iPhone 6s in a quest for ink.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
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
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
As usual, they are much braver when their names aren’t attached to their opinions.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
I say in a small voice, wishing I sounded braver.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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
Dustfinger spat out one last fireball into the air—its size made even the bravest in the audience step back—then put down the torches and picked up his juggling balls.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Crowds of dedicated diners braved the 90-degree heat to line up around the ’50s-style restaurant and took in the sights, sounds and smells of Heart’s for one last time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
Then video reports began connecting to satellite linkups, and international journalists who’d braved Russian checkpoints got west and filed their dispatches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 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
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
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
Are there places in New York worth braving a line?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 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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