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
The intrepid cinephile can always do their research; watch the latest buzzy international feature, check out popular films that are streaming, even judge a book by its cover (a movie by its hit songs).
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2025
Jaffe, an intrepid ethnographer, offers a compelling, radical perspective on street gangs in Kingston, Jamaica.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
For intrepid researchers, there are hints embedded within them that could reveal the stories of these people and places.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 17 Feb. 2025
The Kenyan-shot film follows two intrepid Nairobi women who decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2025
Jaffe, an intrepid ethnographer, offers a compelling, radical perspective on street gangs in Kingston, Jamaica.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
For intrepid researchers, there are hints embedded within them that could reveal the stories of these people and places.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 17 Feb. 2025
The Kenyan-shot film follows two intrepid Nairobi women who decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrepid
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Her courageous work in eastern Ukraine stands in direct contrast to Trump and Putin, who heap praise on each other and ignore the devastation to Ukraine, an ignorance that not even death and injury to women and children can penetrate.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The book’s premise revolves around Zachary, a courageous eight-year-old diagnosed with a terminal pediatric cancer, who has an enlightening dream where God approaches him with a mission.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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LaBruce’s idiosyncrasy is connected to the fearless audacity of his brave, tragic inspiration, Pasolini.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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This industry is wild, man, with brave human beings who can look at something for its wholeness and take the crookeds with the straights, to quote August Wilson.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Set in December 2001, amid a devastating crisis, Lali, 18, flees with fearless teenage guerrillas convinced that Carlos Menem is to blame for the country’s collapse, determined to meet the former president in his lavish mansion in Anillaco and assassinate him.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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One suspects that six years on, Lloyd’s more fearless about putting his own stamp — with both feet — on Evita.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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The animal fell into an icy river in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar recently, according to footage of the valiant rescue effort and a description shared by Newsflare.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Among the many tributes her colleagues pay her valiant war effort, there is one that screams from the pages of her book.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The task demanding such heroic efforts was to select the American wines that would compete in the reenactment of one of modern history’s most pivotal wine competitions.—
David Rosoff,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Sometimes there’s a mystery to solve, sometimes there’s romance to resolve and this year Trauma Code even incorporated heroic action scenes.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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An elaborate ideology confers legitimacy upon the Kim family: according to the country’s founding myth, Kim Il Sung led a gallant band of guerilla fighters in the bitter winds of Manchuria to defeat the Japanese, liberate the Korean people, and establish the North Korean state.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2010
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In stereotypical movies, the gallant hero saves the damsel through daring, dramatic action.—
Amanda Nguyen,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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In Shanghai, China, at No. 8, thousands of years of food history have been perfected in today’s adventurous culinary scene.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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One cat’s adventurous life forced some of the city’s top officials, including the police chief and several running for office in next month’s elections, to leave City Hall and talk solutions Wednesday on the streets where Carrot once roamed.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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