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as in reckless
foolishly adventurous or bold
his daredevil stunts are sure to end in disaster someday
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as in daring
having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions
a daredevil driver who thinks that drag racing on city streets is a harmless game
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Recent Examples of daredevil
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
Ogden traced his daredevil ways, in part, back to Newell.
—Bill Donahue, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
The most fearless of daredevils shouldn’t pass up a trip to Mindanao to paraglide above the jungle or raft the whitewater of Cagayan de Oro all year round.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The tower is massive — roughly twice the height of the Eiffel Tower — and Shiloh Hunter (Virginia Gardner) is an influencer known for sharing daredevil climbing clips.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
Ogden traced his daredevil ways, in part, back to Newell.
—Bill Donahue, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
Fitting for the famous daredevil, the stunt was reportedly performed by Cruise and was not the result of green screen magic.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
The most fearless of daredevils shouldn’t pass up a trip to Mindanao to paraglide above the jungle or raft the whitewater of Cagayan de Oro all year round.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daredevil
Adjective
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He's always been such a commanding force on the screen as both beautifully technical and really reckless.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
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Meanwhile, at the federal level, communities are still cleaning up the damage from last year’s reckless cuts.—
Anna V. Eskamani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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From the perspective of 2026, Thelma & Louise represents, with its mixture of thematic daring and commercial viability, an alchemy our mainstream movie industry seems to have since largely forgotten.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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Space pirate Hondo Ohnaka sets up the adventure during the preshow where we are once again needed to fly the Falcon on a daring mission.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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Today, the ranch remains fully operational, complete with cowboys, horses, and cattle—some of which reportedly supply beef to Ralph Lauren restaurants.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 May 2026
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One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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The creators were determined to portray their senior characters as courageous protagonists rather than comic relief.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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McCain with his courageous drives, Jaylin Williams hit timely 3s.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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Though a genre-fluid affair, the Blue Note fest also features some of the most adventurous pacesetters in modern jazz, among them the flautist Shabaka, the London septet Kokoroko, the trumpeter Chief Adjuah, and the harpist Brandee Younger.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
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For the more adventurous, a coastal path recently opened that snakes around the foot of the dramatic Dois Irmãos to São Conrado and is well worth the extra legwork for the unforgettable vistas.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
Noun
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The Amazon television series Good Omens, which ended this month, came closest—but that book, a comedy about an angel and a devil teaming up to avert Armageddon, was co-written with Neil Gaiman, and the source material ran out after the first season in any case.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
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Angels and devils working together to stop Armageddon.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Blade in or brave the Friday afternoon traffic?—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
23 May 2026
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These three men were infinitely more brave than the 400 officers of Uvalde.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Noun
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When Sarah’s eyes moved from the map to the paper piling up in my writing nook marked with the chicken scratchings of a madman, her eyebrows arched to the highest point eyebrows can arch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman are mismatched detectives on the hunt for a madman enacting crimes in the style of the seven deadly sins.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Daredevil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daredevil. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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