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feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
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Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024
This is not an easy task—fortunately, some organizations make valiant and credible efforts to do so.
—Dane Stangler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Some sports writers, including people featured in Mr. McMahon, have made valiant and valuable efforts to deliver serious reporting on the topic.
—Sarah Kurchak, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
The speech recounted examples of valiant and successful IDF efforts to minimize loss of life.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Unlike many of his predecessors, Mr. Macron has chosen to memorialize not only the valiant and brave, but also the shameful and forgotten — including a site where French resistance fighters were killed by French militia members who were working with the Nazi regime.
—Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024
This is not an easy task—fortunately, some organizations make valiant and credible efforts to do so.
—Dane Stangler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Some sports writers, including people featured in Mr. McMahon, have made valiant and valuable efforts to deliver serious reporting on the topic.
—Sarah Kurchak, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
The speech recounted examples of valiant and successful IDF efforts to minimize loss of life.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Incredibly the only sitcom on this list, NBC’s Powerless was a brave, brief foray into what still is wildly uncharted territory in cape comic TV shows.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Unlike the crime thriller elements that are just OK, there’s energy, urgency and a convincing naturalism when the focus is on Yan and Sister taking brave and sometimes dangerous steps to reclaim their right to self-determination.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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Her costume—a green-and-yellow tracksuit—beat out pop-culture stalwarts such as Sabrina Carpenter, Minions, and Wolverine.Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
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Nacho Hernandez/Alamy After his speakeasy, ABV, located on Jupiter Street south of Poblacion, closed in 2019, Lee Watson, an early stalwart of the Manila bar scene, set up The Spirits Library in Poblacion.Maryam Jillani, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
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The series follows her courageous lead, becoming an antidote to the doom-and-gloom dramas that dominate our culture (not to mention a ray of light in a world that can seem irrepressibly dark).Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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Black Box Diaries The Bottom Line A sobering doc about a courageous act.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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However, the Dodgers didn’t give Buehler that chance on Monday, allowing the World Series hero to test the open market.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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With seven pennants in 11 seasons as manager of the Homestead Grays, Harris was one of the unsung heroes of the Negro Leagues.Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Albert Suárez stepped in to pitch a gallant five innings but understandably could not go more on short notice.Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
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Follow the generally gallant writer of this newsletter on Threads @jimreineking 🧵.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
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Election officials did a heroic job this year, said Pamela Smith, president and CEO of Verified Voting, a nonprofit that works with state and local election officials to keep voting systems secure.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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And what is the Trump campaign producing if not fantastical propaganda intended to conjure a false image of Joe Biden’s America as a dark, dangerous place on the verge of destruction, besieged by immigrants, and savable only by one heroic man?Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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This is the environment of sages and of fearless leadership, dancing with the cosmos.Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, back on land, Chock is having a heart-to-heart with our fearless host, Jesse Palmer.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Valiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valiant. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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