as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
an intrepid explorer who probed parts of the rain forest never previously attempted
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Recent Examples of intrepid
Early on, intrepid Sentinel reporters would count ride vehicles from the ground.
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Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
Some discoveries stem from intrepid adventures deep into the jungle, while others come from reanalyzing old specimens stored in dusty museum collections.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Those intrepid skywatchers who venture outside for the Geminids in winter are rewarded with an outpouring of bright meteors—and one of the year’s best astronomical sights.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
When one of Johnson’s lines from the Madam Web trailer went viral, one intrepid interviewer decided to go ahead and ask her about it.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
Some discoveries stem from intrepid adventures deep into the jungle, while others come from reanalyzing old specimens stored in dusty museum collections.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Those intrepid skywatchers who venture outside for the Geminids in winter are rewarded with an outpouring of bright meteors—and one of the year’s best astronomical sights.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
When one of Johnson’s lines from the Madam Web trailer went viral, one intrepid interviewer decided to go ahead and ask her about it.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrepid
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The Democratic budget was moved from the House to the Senate, which allowed four courageous Democratic senators who recognized the historic moment for structural budgetary changes.Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
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Joshua Zeman’s documentary chronicles the courageous efforts to save them, first from starvation, then via transport to new homes.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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Benjamin Franklin was not only a political thinker but a scientist and a brave advocate of smallpox inoculation.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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The streets here are steep, as in San Francisco-steep—so precipitous that brave locals (or crazy, some might say) hurtle down them in homemade bobsleds every January.Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The children's television show centers on a pack of puppies, aka the PAW Patrol, and their fearless leader, Ryder, who work together to help the people of Adventure Bay overcome challenges, plus protect them from the occasional bad guy.Alyssa Sybertz, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
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The women ride sidesaddle, inspired by the fearless adelitas — women fighters in the Mexican Revolution.Amanda Lopez, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
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In spite of the leisurely pace of change, To mix valiant drinks for the future.Czeslaw Milosz, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Montana State, however, made a valiant comeback effort.Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lupita rules as the teacher and the only one who knows how to act heroic in the moment.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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The murder of six million Jews—and the question of whether the British authorities could have done more to save them—complicates an otherwise ennobling story of the country’s heroic stand against Nazism, its finest hour.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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But at the very end, America's Democratic majority came home to Carter in a late surge that flooded polling places in party strongholds across the nation and stopped Ford's gallant comeback just short of victory.Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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The Bears had mounted a gallant comeback in the second half against the best team in football and were in a position to tie the score with a field goal or win the game with a touchdown.Steve Silverman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Kylie Kangaroo Kylie is an adventurous kangaroo from Australia.Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
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At such a young age, there is still massive scope for Reis to improve; from bulking up and becoming sturdier in the shoulder-to-shoulder duels to rediscovering his adventurous distribution at the highest level of the game.Thom Harris, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Intrepid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrepid. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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