the brave

noun

: brave people
the home of the brave

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Expect greed, luck, obsession and the old adage that fortune really does favor the brave (and the strange, according to A+E). — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 For the brave, and a particularly large appetite, there's the Beholder Challenge. — Beret Leone, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Home of the subversive and the sublime, the maverick and the madman, the inspired and the inspiring, the sage and the clown, and, most important, the brave. — Tom Selleck, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 But in the brave heart of this fictional protagonist, there lurks a righteous threshing machine, ripe for a Great Rebellion in writer-director Paul Greengrass’ latest feature. — Michael Phillips, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the brave

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“The brave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20brave. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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