daredevil
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Safer just to enjoy Jay Baruchel’s funny and endearing portrait of a reckless risk-taker who hates being called a daredevil as much as he resents Ben Foster’s Evel Knievel attempting to give him some advice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
These days, you’re as likely to see a #cleanliving West Village girl clutching a can of rocket fuel as you are a BMX-mounted daredevil or a nocturnal gamer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird craft has been fired up on Coniston Water for the first time since the daredevil pilot's fatal crash on the lake almost 60 years ago.
From BBC ● May 11, 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
Shay seemed to think she was the world’s biggest daredevil now.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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
Monday's Republic Day parade featured Russian helicopters and planes, alongside dancers and motorcycle daredevils.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
As the YouTube hit demonstrates, hot sauce isn’t just for daredevils and masochists: It’s a truth serum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
It was a white-knuckle, high-wire business fit only for daredevils.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
But the daredevils could be dislodged, and they must be, at once.
From The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
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