BRAVING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

braving

verb

present participle of brave

as in confronting

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade

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Recent Examples of braving Excited fans returned Friday to Discovery Park, braving another hot and muggy day of the 2026 Aftershock music festival. — Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 On Sunday, Harris, Hough, and Scott met Judge and the rest of the team in person after braving the downpour to shoot promotional images on the field. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2026 Fans were still filing in, braving 90-degree heat with novelty beer swords in hand, as Maiava moved USC methodically down the field, punching in a one-yard keeper for an early score. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 After braving the queues, fans will be able to select from the events with remaining inventory, choose between the categories still available, put tickets in their digital carts, and check out. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Whether tackling the job site with up to four friends in an online crew or braving it alone in Solo Play, the game puts your building and survival skills to the test. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026 Oklahoma City-area voters are braving extreme heat to cast early ballots in an election that will determine the Republican nominee for governor. — Alex Gladden, Oklahoman, 20 Aug. 2026 Instead, find a way to engineer genuine positive feelings into the behavior, like Dunn cycling to work instead of braving a traffic-heavy commute. — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 For the crowd that still stretched several heads deep in many nooks along Hope Street, braving the sun provided a positively patriotic experience that didn't disappoint. — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026

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Matt Passmore, Emily Rose, Gabriel Nagy and Hudson Macready star in the film, which tells the true story of a family confronting addiction and loss while finding its way back to one another.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
These kinds of tradeoffs will keep confronting tech leaders as long as that disparity persists.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Building this life is the gargantuan task facing people looking to fix the role of technology in their lives.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
This is a kitchen table, existential economic issue that is facing Arizonans.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

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