as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
valorous deeds that will be long remembered
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Recent Examples of valorous
The Republican refusal to support the valorous resistance of Ukraine in their fight against the sudden sneak attack without provocation by Russia’s imperial new Stalin, Vladimir Putin, leaves me simply incredulous.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
It was upgraded to the Medal of Honor decades later following a policy change that lifted a requirement that such awards be made within five years of valorous acts.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024
That said, Michelle Yeoh makes her valorous presence felt as Airazor, a glittering peregrine falcon whose devotion to the cause takes a surprise turn.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 June 2023
But Merton Ames had belonged to that inspired party of originators, scholars valorous enough to catch hold of new meanings in traditional formulas, resolute enough to withstand the skeptics.
—Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
It was upgraded to the Medal of Honor decades later following a policy change that lifted a requirement that such awards be made within five years of valorous acts.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024
That said, Michelle Yeoh makes her valorous presence felt as Airazor, a glittering peregrine falcon whose devotion to the cause takes a surprise turn.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 June 2023
But Merton Ames had belonged to that inspired party of originators, scholars valorous enough to catch hold of new meanings in traditional formulas, resolute enough to withstand the skeptics.
—Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for valorous
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Joshua Zeman’s documentary chronicles the courageous efforts to save them, first from starvation, then via transport to new homes.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Democratic budget was moved from the House to the Senate, which allowed four courageous Democratic senators who recognized the historic moment for structural budgetary changes.Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
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Montana State, however, made a valiant comeback effort.Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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In spite of the leisurely pace of change, To mix valiant drinks for the future.Czeslaw Milosz, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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The streets here are steep, as in San Francisco-steep—so precipitous that brave locals (or crazy, some might say) hurtle down them in homemade bobsleds every January.Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Benjamin Franklin was not only a political thinker but a scientist and a brave advocate of smallpox inoculation.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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Lupita rules as the teacher and the only one who knows how to act heroic in the moment.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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The murder of six million Jews—and the question of whether the British authorities could have done more to save them—complicates an otherwise ennobling story of the country’s heroic stand against Nazism, its finest hour.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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The children's television show centers on a pack of puppies, aka the PAW Patrol, and their fearless leader, Ryder, who work together to help the people of Adventure Bay overcome challenges, plus protect them from the occasional bad guy.Alyssa Sybertz, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
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The women ride sidesaddle, inspired by the fearless adelitas — women fighters in the Mexican Revolution.Amanda Lopez, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Valorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valorous. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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