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
John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The other day, as the opera’s softball team, the Pitch Hitters, readied for an evening game in Central Park, a bespectacled, bearded opera employee stood on a red plastic box affixing a GoPro camera to the backstop.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
The San Francisco 49ers, whose mascot is a bearded gold miner named Sourdough Sam.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
The company’s technology transforms over 40 facial muscles beyond just lip movements, working across extreme close-ups, bearded faces, multiple angles and lighting scenarios while maintaining Imax-compatible quality and full resolution integrity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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Verb
What’s striking is that when scientists sequenced the bacteria, the genetic fingerprints matched almost perfectly with those from an outbreak tied to bearded dragons a decade earlier.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The other day, as the opera’s softball team, the Pitch Hitters, readied for an evening game in Central Park, a bespectacled, bearded opera employee stood on a red plastic box affixing a GoPro camera to the backstop.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
The San Francisco 49ers, whose mascot is a bearded gold miner named Sourdough Sam.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
The company’s technology transforms over 40 facial muscles beyond just lip movements, working across extreme close-ups, bearded faces, multiple angles and lighting scenarios while maintaining Imax-compatible quality and full resolution integrity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearded
Verb
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Chicago officials, faced with pressure from the teachers union and community groups, have not confronted this challenge.—
Mila Koumpilova,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
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However, the pair were soon confronted by an unidentified woman, who started to argue angrily with them.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tennessee faced a third-and-10 at their own 35-yard line, and the crowd at Empower Field was at a fever pitch.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Democrats faced a fair amount of criticism from their ranks over going along with keeping the government open back in the spring.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The more hirsute Bellucci was reduced to stealing a solitary game in the first hour from the purple streak of lightning running the show from the other side of the net.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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So what hirsute creature had contributed to this apparel?—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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As for Myers' short, textured locks, hairstylist DJ Quintero had rom-com queen Meg Ryan in mind; specifically her shaggy look in When Harry Met Sally.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Big curly cuts, bold afros, tight fades, shaggy layers, or a sharp bob—that’s my zone.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hares are also born fully furred and with their eyes open, a trait called precocial, whereas rabbits are born hairless, blind, and vulnerable, needing more parental care in the early stages of life.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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But the felt’s furred obscurity conjured novel mysteries.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Flowers of the Cristata group look like hairy brains.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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The heist and rescue – followed by a zookeeper’s lesson about the hairy, multilegged creatures – gave me a new respect for the spiders and the keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo and a fascinating story to share with our readers.—
Terry DeMio,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But that hypothesis, Harland wrote in a bristly 1964 Scientific American article, was not supported by any concrete evidence.—
Laura Poppick
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Step 3: Tidy the Harvest When the garlic is fully cured with papery skins and brittle, brown leaves, brush away any excess soil with your fingers and clip back the bristly roots.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Aug. 2024
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“Bearded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearded. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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