a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear
that little daredevil has broken an arm and an ankle this year alone
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Recent Examples of daredevilsBragason joked that the daredevils had come to Iceland instead of Spain, where the weather tends to be more predictable.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Aug. 2026 While running with bulls is a cherished local custom for Spanish daredevils, Americans are still the leading group of foreigners who run at the San Fermin festival.—ABC News,
6 July 2026 On July 1, Russian daredevils climbed to the tip of the building's spire before getting engaged, and then arrested.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
4 July 2026 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.—
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 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
In 2025, two Tasmanian devils arrived at the Australian Outback exhibit.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 July 2026
Tasmanian devils suffer from Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), a highly fatal cancer spread by biting, which has devastated their population and surprisingly arose twice.
The scenes will include a tribute to the vaqueros, the Mexican and Tejano cowboys who made up about one-fourth of Old West ranch hands and trail drivers.
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Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Aug. 2026
As with Christmas, the logistical wrangling can outweigh the enjoyment, at least for the cowboys.
The garages at drag events are full of red-eyed madmen who have sold their houses and chased their wives and children away in pursuit of this.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 July 2026
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.