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Recent Examples of daredevils
Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring a primary upset in Colorado, while police identify the Empire State Building climbers as foreign daredevils.
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Staff,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
The two daredevils who scaled the spire of the Empire State Building while the world watched have been grounded by the New York Police Department and are now the targets of a criminal investigation.
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Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
3 July 2026
The couple of daredevils who scaled the Empire State Building in New York City were released from custody under supervision after a court appearance on July 2, prosecutors said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Hollywood was founded by daredevils, from the cowboys who galloped here to become stuntmen, to the small-town girls who bucked the pressure to get married and moved west to chase a one-in-a-million dream.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
For the anarchic, nearly surreal nature of the bits that make legendary cinematic daredevils ranging from Buster Keaton to Jackie Chan seem like wimps.
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Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The most fearless of daredevils shouldn’t pass up a trip to Mindanao to paraglide above the jungle or raft the whitewater of Cagayan de Oro all year round.
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Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
And within that special group of music-loving daredevils, each has their own reason for applying a soundtrack to their death-defying jumps.
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ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
Head to the viewing bridge to watch the amazing sight as boats come in, or join the daredevils at Zulu Bungy for a 230-foot jump.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2026
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
The two daredevils who scaled the spire of the Empire State Building while the world watched have been grounded by the New York Police Department and are now the targets of a criminal investigation.
—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
3 July 2026
The couple of daredevils who scaled the Empire State Building in New York City were released from custody under supervision after a court appearance on July 2, prosecutors said.
—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Hollywood was founded by daredevils, from the cowboys who galloped here to become stuntmen, to the small-town girls who bucked the pressure to get married and moved west to chase a one-in-a-million dream.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
For the anarchic, nearly surreal nature of the bits that make legendary cinematic daredevils ranging from Buster Keaton to Jackie Chan seem like wimps.
—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The most fearless of daredevils shouldn’t pass up a trip to Mindanao to paraglide above the jungle or raft the whitewater of Cagayan de Oro all year round.
—
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
And within that special group of music-loving daredevils, each has their own reason for applying a soundtrack to their death-defying jumps.
—
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
Head to the viewing bridge to watch the amazing sight as boats come in, or join the daredevils at Zulu Bungy for a 230-foot jump.
—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daredevils
Noun
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The 152 rooms celebrate Tasmania’s cultural and creative spirit, from the contemporary paintings of thylacines and Tasmanian devils, to the Blackheart sassafras ceiling inlays.
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But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).
Noun
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The move to North Main Street brought more Stockyards visitors and cowboys headed to Billy Bob’s Texas or the coliseum rodeos.
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Before Black rodeos disappeared from the local calendar, cowboys and cowgirls from around the country regularly traveled to Kansas City to compete.
Noun
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Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.
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But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen.
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“Daredevils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daredevils. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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