valor
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But even people who aren’t being silenced, such as all the folks crying “cancel culture” after being called names on social media, steal the valor of bona fide free speech martyrs.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
As a marine, Mueller earned a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart for wounds received in combat.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
His valor is worth remembering on its merits, and the history is instructive about the threats now facing the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Mr. Le Tellier became obsessed with excavating the past of this unknown man, an inquiry that poignantly revives the valor and tragedy of World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
I put my life at hazard there, which some might account valor; but I knew it for the rashness of despair, the precipitation of utter despondence.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing valor
Veterans Day Vocabulary
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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The Things They Carried
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