as in reckless
foolishly adventurous or bold
one overbold tourist almost tumbled over the rocks and into the sea
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Frank Santoro with the L.A. County district attorney’s office argued the probation department was making the necessary improvements and releasing youth inside would be reckless.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
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He’s become poised to the point of being unrecognizable from his Young Josh days as a gunslinging, sometimes reckless quarterback who sometimes took himself, his teammates and Bills fans on Sunday roller-coaster rides.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Gunderson’s Hertha is fierce, witty and courageous and her Marie is cowering, heartbroken and despondent.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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History is filled with good and evil, but in the end, good conquers evil when courageous men and women don’t give up, as when Hitler and his Nazis were vanquished.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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His condition was touch and go, but this brave boy refused to give up.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement and instead trusts them to use common sense.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Born Richard Totten Button on July 18, 1929, the daredevil athlete defied both gravity and expectations during his career.—
Holly Yan,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Due to his high-flying, daredevil move set and unique presentation, Hardy became one of the most popular WWE Superstars of the 2000s.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Radhika hopes to meet a romantic man who isn't afraid to be adventurous with her or get down on the dance floor.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Despite its often harsh and often mercurial weather, Greenland has become a popular tourist destination for adventurous senior travelers.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Adhering to this absurd rule requiring a three-quarters supermajority of Democrats in order to act would be foolhardy in the extreme.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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This two-year mission was a foolhardy act of imagination that has utterly changed the music world, one that only Taylor Swift could have envisioned.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Dec. 2024
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Indie filmmakers can make the daring projects a studio never would and do so on the cheap.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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They were rescued on July 2, 2008, in a daring military extraction known as Operation Jaque.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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There may be no subset of leaders more prone to misperceptions of their foreign adversaries than the overconfident leadership of a dominant successful administration out of power for four years.—
Richard E. Vatz,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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We Below Deck fans are truly blessed with no shortage of overconfident stews to stir up drama.—
Emma Soren,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Overbold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbold. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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