brave
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Robert Pattinson’s Chris Hansen is ready for ‘Primetime,’ Brad Pitt and his canine costar brave the Alaskan wilderness in ‘Heart of the Beast,’ the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles, and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Nourmohammadi described those targeted as "young, brave Iranians -- the best of Iranians".
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
They are brave going forward, but they are also street-wise defensively and can see out a game when they have to, time-wasting or not.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
That substitution was a clever one by Maresca and brave too, because while Ndiaye is better than Cherki defensively, he is also a ball-carrier who travels with the ball better too.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
She was reminding him to be brave, as befitted a child of Rin, and not to fuss.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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
He’s a polar explorer who regularly braves the coldest places on the planet — Antarctica, Greenland, the North Pole — where temperatures can reach minus-50.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 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
We saw braver mid-blocks and, at times, teams pressing higher.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
"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
Seven knew because she suddenly felt braver than she ever had.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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
It’s the bravest step, Moore says, because it requires self-compassion.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
Manchester United were putting on the bravest of brave faces as they headed out of Bilbao at lunchtime on Thursday.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
Others honored Lord Dunmore, our liberator, most generous of Governors, bravest of commanders.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Hundreds of fans braved temperatures of around 40C outside T-Mobile Arena for the ceremonial event on Friday evening.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
A record-low 12,383 fans braved the heat at UCLA’s 2022 season opener and 14,093 the game after.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Further west in the US, millions of Americans already braved the heat.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
A human tsunami -- numbering more than 1.2 million people according to organisers -- braved the heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
All told, perhaps ten thousand people braved the heat to witness just six minutes of racing—six minutes that would shatter the dreams of all but nine of the boys about to take to the water.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
The BBC's Nada Tawfik caught up with fans at the New York New Jersey stadium, the venue for the finals which has no air conditioning installed, who are braving the heatwave to support their team.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
If questioned, Sam would doubtless tell them the truth, but Jon could not imagine him braving the guards in front of the King's Tower to wake Mormont from sleep.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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