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Recent Examples of dauntless Secretariat and Sea Biscuit are still the stuff of four-hoofed legend, dauntless and heroic. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 Sep. 2024 So thank you for your sacrifices, your powerful voices, and your dauntless spirits. Dan Heching, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024 Whether exploring the town and browsing local shops or setting out on a cowboy adventure — a trip to Sheridan feels like a journey back in time to the dauntless days of the Wild West. Molly O’Brien, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024 This incubator of dauntless pilots and air safety seers grew into Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dauntless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dauntless
Adjective
  • The day was saved by advance planning for wildfire mitigation and courageous staff, including security guards and groundskeepers who risked life and limb and remained at the site to fight the deadly blaze.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Click on the video above to see a courageous K9 take her final bow before retirement Need a break?
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The story will chronicle the extraordinary true story of a meeting between Queen Elizabeth I, the most powerful ruler in British history, and the fearless 16th century Irish rebel pirate Grace O’Malley (Granuaile).
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
  • By Alice Cary and Christian Allaire As far as fashion is concerned, Rihanna has always been ahead of the curve—able to dabble in trends in a genuinely fearless manner.
    Alice Cary, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • With temperatures around 30 degrees on Saturday, almost 100 brave Special Olympic athletes, coaches, students and community volunteers took the Polar Plunge at Valparaiso University.
    Deena Butterfield, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
  • For decades, brave activists struggled for inclusion in a society so disabling that few disabled people could pursue a career.
    Danilyn Rutherford, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite making a valiant effort to return, including training throughout the winter of 2023, Rodgers never played again that year.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Not so long ago, Taiwan basked in seemingly boundless, bipartisan support in Washington, where the island has long been regarded as a valiant democratic partner against China.
    Chris Buckley, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Defending is an art and often the consistency of simplicity, rather than the heroic slide tackle or block, is what separates the best from the rest.
    Andy Jones, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Ordinary engineers matter more than heroic inventors.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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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“Dauntless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dauntless. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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