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 The intention was to keep you all engaged, to ensure the game always felt fresh, and to give you reasons to keep braving topside. —

Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 When the center-field video board showed the announcement, loud boos rang out from the sparse crowd braving elements. —

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026 Skyline’s fame is well-earned, though, and worth braving the crowds. —

Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026 In Athens, History Shapes the Future After hovering for a millennium at the crossroads of past and present and braving a series of recent crises, the ancient metropolis is ascendant once again. —

Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026 Back then, merchant vessels loaded with fuel, weapons, ammunition and food would set out from Loch Ewe on a journey over the north of Norway, braving German attacks and brutal conditions on their way to Murmansk and Archangelsk. —

Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026 The longer the strait remains more or less closed — not counting the handful of shadow fleet vessels and select others still braving the run — strategic storage reserves will become increasingly important. —

Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026 And Lorenzen delivering this stink bomb made the 48,366 in attendance feel as dumb as rocks for braving the cold. —

Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026 Sometimes, that means embracing your natural texture, avoiding heat damage, and braving the outside world! —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026

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In Takedown, Hansen returns to the familiar interview format of To Catch a Predator, confronting and interviewing would-be predators for his own streaming network, TruBlu.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Magazine publisher Condé Nast settled a labor dispute with three employees who were fired last year after confronting the company’s human resources chief, paying $400,000 to the group and reinstating their jobs, according to a statement from the NewsGuild of New York.

— Liam Scott, Washington Post, 27 May 2026