as in confronted
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage
a man of integrity who was never afraid to beard the lion in his den
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Recent Examples of bearded
Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
The image posted by the president Sunday night showed Trump wearing a biblical-style robe and laying hands on a bedridden man as light emanates from his fingers — while a soldier, a nurse, a praying woman and a bearded man in a baseball cap all look on admiringly.
—Will Weissert, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
The fossils belong to Captorhinus, a small early reptile roughly the size of a bearded dragon that lived approximately 289–286 million years ago.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
The strongest lingering image of Vernon in the broader culture is still the bearded woodsman who retreated to the wilderness with a broken heart and returned with a gnomic, insular album that would against all odds come to define its era, or at least one tendency within it.
—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The defense also had a witness who described the shooter with the shotgun as bearded, stocky, and dark-skinned.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
The image posted by the president Sunday night showed Trump wearing a biblical-style robe and laying hands on a bedridden man as light emanates from his fingers — while a soldier, a nurse, a praying woman and a bearded man in a baseball cap all look on admiringly.
—Will Weissert, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
The fossils belong to Captorhinus, a small early reptile roughly the size of a bearded dragon that lived approximately 289–286 million years ago.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
The strongest lingering image of Vernon in the broader culture is still the bearded woodsman who retreated to the wilderness with a broken heart and returned with a gnomic, insular album that would against all odds come to define its era, or at least one tendency within it.
—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearded
Adjective
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Ehrenreich has since pursued a lower-profile career, though a fulfilling one, with memorable supporting performances in films like Oppenheimer, as a skeptical aide, and Weapons, as a mustachioed cop.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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That character — the little mustachioed guy in red overalls — was also Miyamoto’s creation.—
Alexander Kaplan,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The driver initially stopped but drove away before officers arrived, and later denied involvement when confronted by a family member who followed the vehicle.—
Ian Cummings,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026
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Lehman testified at trial the couple was staying at a nearby hotel – which McIntyre paid for – when the other man confronted them.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
Verb
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We now are faced with missing holidays with them to comply with their demands.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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In Chris Robinson’s eight years as Lake Highland Prep’s girls lacrosse head coach the Highlanders have faced American Heritage of Delray Beach every year in the final four, with most of those games coming down to the last minute.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Only one of the singers revealed listening to Swift on their own time — Chris Tungseth, a lovably hirsute country boy in the Bo Bice/Sundance Head mode.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cowley conceived of the American tradition, dating back to the eighteenth century, as analogous to, say, that of the French: a comprehensible sequence of geographic and aesthetic developments, not the mere littering of hirsute eccentrics that it was typically taken to be.—
Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Inside, piles of white fiber extracted from the plants’ leaves awaited combing, destined for everything from handbags to the shaggy chandeliers that have made Damman a rising design star.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
6 May 2026
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Mix with a fork, adding more ice water by the tablespoonful as needed, just until a shaggy dough comes together.—
Andy Baraghani,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Like the little brown-furred cub, the animals can easily capture a caretaker's heart — but bonding with humans is not an option when the goal is to eventually return them to the wild.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The videos showed Chicago kissing and hugging a sable-furred puppy in the family's living room while Psalm shuffled around on his hands and knees trying to chase one of the dark-haired dogs around the room.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The question of true or false became a sensation in 1967 with the famous film shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in the Pacific Northwest, capturing a hairy figure ambling through a Northern California wood.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Key differences include hollow versus solid stems, branched versus single stems and hairy versus smooth leaves.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Bearded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearded. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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