as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
dauntless heroes who are inclined to rush to danger, not away from it
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The vaunted G-men who had rocketed to fame as dauntless crimebusters now looked like the Keystone Cops of counterespionage.
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Bertrand M. Patenaude, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
After being subjected to titillating media coverage of her romance with William, a classmate at St. Andrews University in Scotland, Catherine has carved out an identity as a parent, a patron of charities and a dauntless companion to her husband on foreign tours.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
Allister Sparks, dauntless South African journalist, dies at 83
Mr. Magubane and other Black journalists were detained for nearly five months in apparent retribution for the Soweto coverage.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
All the tributaries of the media tracked and facilitated the rise of the agency — dramatizing Hoover’s talking points about the need for the scientific study of crime and celebrating the dauntless exploits of its eternally vigilant leader.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
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Bertrand M. Patenaude, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
After being subjected to titillating media coverage of her romance with William, a classmate at St. Andrews University in Scotland, Catherine has carved out an identity as a parent, a patron of charities and a dauntless companion to her husband on foreign tours.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
Allister Sparks, dauntless South African journalist, dies at 83
Mr. Magubane and other Black journalists were detained for nearly five months in apparent retribution for the Soweto coverage.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
All the tributaries of the media tracked and facilitated the rise of the agency — dramatizing Hoover’s talking points about the need for the scientific study of crime and celebrating the dauntless exploits of its eternally vigilant leader.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
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