courageous
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But why should students and teachers have to rely on good fortune and courageous passersby for security?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Over the past two weeks, Cornell University has faced a very public and very courageous rebellion, similar to the one Cassie attempts to mount in “Promising Young Woman.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Fox remains as he has long been — funny, sincere, wildly talented and one of the most courageous people many of us will ever know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He praised Damascus's "courageous decision" to report the undisclosed site, which dates back to the rule of al-Assad.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
How was that more courageous than escaping your country in a rickety boat with small children and risking being eaten by sharks or getting caught and sent to prison?
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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