braved

verb

past tense of brave
as in confronted
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 braved Fans and musicians braved the heat Thursday for the return of the Aftershock music festival in Sacramento’s Discovery Park. — Julian Zhu october 2, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Almost every fan inside the 72,000-capacity Arrowhead Stadium who braved the extreme heat went home happy after the team outclassed Denver 31-10. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 The Trojans shut out Fresno State, 39-0, rewarding the crowd that had braved Labor Day weekend traffic and chose college football over baseball – and maybe attempting to stick it to their critics in the process. — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2026 Herlacher braved the falling debris and panicked people running through the streets to help her and was horrified to find the fragment had cut through her back. — ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 Fans braved the heat to catch the quintet’s 3 pm performance. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026 About 100 people braved 90-degree temperatures to honor the men who put their lives on the line and used a Native language — one the nation had once fought to suppress — to help win the war. — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Crowds of dedicated diners braved the 90-degree heat to line up around the ’50s-style restaurant and took in the sights, sounds and smells of Heart’s for one last time. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Williams braved pounding surf and massive waves to bring a struggling 10-year-old boy safely back to shore, as Fox News Digital reported. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for braved
  1. confronted
  2. faced
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  • Rodriguez attributes her child’s death to the addictive nature of social media and the harms her daughter confronted on those platforms.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Salazar was later identified as the suspect when a motorist told police he had been aggressively confronted by a driver minutes before the shooting, according to evidence presented in court.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of confronted
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  • The country singer also asked fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Rights, which helps children whose parents have faced deportations, during the opening night of her tour in Chicago back in August.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Cornell 7 lawsuit refers to the legal document filed by an unnamed Cornell University student who accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house party in October 2024 — and faced no legal consequences.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of faced

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“Braved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braved. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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