courageous
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California Governor Gavin Newsom said the farm workers movement and labour movement "are much bigger than one man", and that he stands with "the courageous women" like Huerta.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
The band called the record “. . .an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom.”
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026
In an address to the nation hours earlier, he said sheltering the sailors was the "most courageous and humanitarian course of action that a state can take".
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
The Wu-Tang Clan executive producer died “following a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer” according to a joint statement issued by the hip-hop collective and Grant’s family.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
She didn’t think what she had done yesterday was brave or courageous at all.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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