courageous
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Stribling “passed away peacefully at home ... after a courageous two-year battle with brain cancer,” her husband, Ken Washington, posted to her Instagram account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
But she reserved her praise for her mother, describing her as courageous.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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
Ullom is courageous enough to ask this question and so many more with total honesty.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
He couldn’t restrain his pride at the success of his gift, at the princess’s courageous receiving of it.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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