as in valiant
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
the doughty heroes of old
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Recent Examples of doughty
In the meantime, Ramaswamy managed to combine the MAGA-style purge of the federal workforce with the doughty libertarian ideal of subjecting the power of the federal government to a thorough evisceration.
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Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, daughter of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was raised at storied Glamis Castle, a place of doughty stone walls and spiky grey turrets built at the turn of the 15th century.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022
This past weekend, the Wall Street Journal columnist took to the paper’s doughty op-ed page to sound off on George Santos, the human falsehood fountain who now serves New York’s 3rd congressional district.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2023
Should the United States, a doughty republic oceans away from the carnage, feel a commitment to distant Kyiv?
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 28 June 2022
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Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, daughter of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was raised at storied Glamis Castle, a place of doughty stone walls and spiky grey turrets built at the turn of the 15th century.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022
This past weekend, the Wall Street Journal columnist took to the paper’s doughty op-ed page to sound off on George Santos, the human falsehood fountain who now serves New York’s 3rd congressional district.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2023
Should the United States, a doughty republic oceans away from the carnage, feel a commitment to distant Kyiv?
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 28 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doughty
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Witness her valiant efforts when the series premieres on November 17.Zoe Guy, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2024
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The Dodgers played it smartly, if weirdly, on a night when the Yankees’ valiant effort could be summed up in two words.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 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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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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These were just those courageous enough to answer truthfully.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Erika Sanders of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council hopes the center will force stakeholders and policymakers to ask tough questions that may be uncomfortable but courageous.La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 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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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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“Doughty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doughty. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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