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daredevil

[dair-dev-uhl] / ˈdɛərˌdɛv əl /


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A daredevil social media free-climber nicknamed the "Spider-Man of Yemen" has died after falling into a volcanic crater in the country's south-west.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Hundreds of spectators gathered at the base of the 101-storey tower to watch Alex Honnold, 40, embark on his daredevil feat, which was also broadcast live on Netflix.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

More recently, the daredevil actor has focused on warm-up stretches, muscling his eight-film franchise to its explosive finale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

And he was SantaCon’s resident daredevil, climbing the Brooklyn Bridge in 1998, only to hop back to earth and blend in anonymously with the SantaCon New York crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

I told her we didn’t have to do that, but she said even if she lived in New York now she wasn’t a daredevil, whatever that meant.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

Ten men suffered injuries Tuesday during the eighth and final bull run of Spain's famed San Fermin festival, bringing to 57 the total number of daredevils injured during this year's fiesta.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Hollywood was founded by daredevils, from the cowboys who galloped here to become stuntmen, to the small-town girls who bucked the pressure to get married and moved west to chase a one-in-a-million dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

For the daredevils who live to test the boundaries of automotive performance and push their 200-mph machines to the brink, it is the equivalent of being stuck in third gear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

It was a white-knuckle, high-wire business fit only for daredevils.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

He saw that the stone-throwers were few, and the daredevils, who at times adventured to pull up the railings which guarded the forecourt, were fewer.

From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman


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