brave
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It’s not only gripping, but extremely intricate if you’re brave enough to get on its level.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We are in a brave new world of breathtakingly high prices and costs,” Johnson said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Minnie Merriman was described by her family as "incredible, beautiful and brave"
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Whether you listen or not, here’s a quick primer on this brave new online ecosystem, and a practical guide for surviving it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Caesar and brave Midnight test the path ahead.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
That’s when she braves the sport’s gnarliest crashes to master tricks so dangerous that her opponents won’t even dare to attempt them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Hansi Flick's - predominantly - young braves were confirmed as La Liga champions with a 2-0 win at Espanyol on Thursday, having already won the Copa del Rey in April.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
A mysterious man falls to earth in a meteor, Galadriel braves a sea monster and a young Elrond and Durin spar and then make peace with the help of Durin’s terrific wife Issa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
Pity the poor pedestrian who braves Seattle’s sidewalks.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Muhammad braves that one pretty well against the reds from Michigan, the yellows from Ohio, the purples from Minnesota, the oranges from Iowa, and the greens from Indiana.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
"If we want to make the change we were sent into government to make, we have to be braver," the Manchester MP added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Puny and pathetic as Colin appears, he begins to seem like the braver of the two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
As usual, they are much braver when their names aren’t attached to their opinions.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Chen discovers many parallels between X’s history and his own, causing him to contrast his cautious post-Tiananmen behavior with X’s braver choices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
She was scared, but she felt braver than she ever had before.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Joshua's comeback against Prenga was one of the bravest performances of his career but it also highlighted familiar vulnerabilities.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
He is the loudest possible proof that you do not need a gun to be the bravest man on the hill.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
And when our best and bravest citizens are pushed to obey orders that they sense are wrong, the injury is compounded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
It’s the bravest step, Moore says, because it requires self-compassion.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
She said it was the bravest thing she’d ever seen.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
Crowds of dedicated diners braved the 90-degree heat to line up around the ’50s-style restaurant and took in the sights, sounds and smells of Heart’s for one last time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Further west in the US, millions of Americans already braved the heat.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
In Washington on Friday morning, hundreds of people braved sizzling heat to visit the Great American State Fair taking place on the National Mall.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The ship and its passengers braved the Scotia Sea, where stormy conditions caused swells up to 23 feet high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
All the same, she braved a run at the border.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
But recent research shows that they were braving the cold.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
She goes from wanting to be a trophy wife with nothing to do, to braving a world that isn’t built for her, dressing and acting like she already has a seat at the table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
So far, he said his most extreme effort was braving -10C for seven hours, stripped to the waist in hiking boots and running shorts.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Most of the time, Wisconsinites are best known for their love of cheese curds, beers and braving subzero temperatures at Lambeau Field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
What time I didn’t spend studying or in the Archives I spent on the road to Imre, braving the coming winter wind, if not looking for its name.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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