brave
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"It has also let down those brave witnesses who took the stand to ensure that they could share what they'd seen and experienced that night," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
"I wish we consultants had been brave enough to follow our suspicions and escalate things to the police earlier," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
“That was very brave, what you did,” I said.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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
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
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
That’s what makes Pope Leo’s stance against a modern-day Babylon even braver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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
Others retreated high into the hawthorn bush, while a handful, braver than the others, flitted toward him.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Fleet described it as the "bravest thing I've ever done" and offered her support to her successor.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
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
"I don't doubt that you have defeated the bravest knights in all Spain, but not Don Quixote de la Mancha," the selfsame said.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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
Some people have braved the high temperatures to tidy up the mess in their houses from the quake and put workplaces back in order.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Further west in the US, millions of Americans already braved the heat.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Battle of Karbala took place in what is now Iraq, and for the few hundred residents who braved a shaky ceasefire to return to this city, it has never felt closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Excitement and dismay attended the arrival of strangers, in a season when no boat had ever braved the seas round Astowell.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Yet he visited all 24 states, along a circuit of more than 6,000 miles and hundreds of stops, braving terrible storms, bad roads and one shipwreck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But either way, there’s no braving this journey alone.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 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
Me and Abby, braving the cold to go see the holiday lights together.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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