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Recent Examples of daredevils
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.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
Of the celebrities who are considered daredevils of fashion is none other than Bella Hadid.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Young chimpanzee daredevils Our study group consisted of over 100 wild chimpanzees ranging from 2 to 65 years old from Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda.
—Lauren Sarringhaus, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Hiking For teens who are true daredevils, Transfers Sea and Land Tours offers more laborious hikes that provide incredible views and a chance to see wildlife in its natural habitat.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 7 Dec. 2025
Outdoor enthusiasts tend to be meticulous planners, not daredevils, according to Australian adventure psychologist Eric Brymer.
—Dan Rubinstein, Outside, 5 Nov. 2025
Bringing together some of today’s most innovative stunt designers, this conversation traces the craft’s journey from early cinematic daredevils to today’s painstaking choreography; and its long fight for overdue Academy recognition.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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
Of the celebrities who are considered daredevils of fashion is none other than Bella Hadid.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Young chimpanzee daredevils Our study group consisted of over 100 wild chimpanzees ranging from 2 to 65 years old from Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda.
—Lauren Sarringhaus, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Hiking For teens who are true daredevils, Transfers Sea and Land Tours offers more laborious hikes that provide incredible views and a chance to see wildlife in its natural habitat.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 7 Dec. 2025
Outdoor enthusiasts tend to be meticulous planners, not daredevils, according to Australian adventure psychologist Eric Brymer.
—Dan Rubinstein, Outside, 5 Nov. 2025
Bringing together some of today’s most innovative stunt designers, this conversation traces the craft’s journey from early cinematic daredevils to today’s painstaking choreography; and its long fight for overdue Academy recognition.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daredevils
Noun
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Other sufferers, however, who submitted entries to the 1983 Migraine Art Competition, depicted their pain in drawings and paintings of nails, needles, axes, ice picks, arrows, bolts, jaws, chisels, shivs, guns, red-hot spears, sledgehammers, devils, and long pins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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There are sounds and shadows in the forest; the Devil, or devils, may be walking the earth.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That unlikely combo provides a compelling opportunity for DiCaprio to sample a few lines of indigenous dialogue with his character’s offspring, and suggests a unique complication of the traditional cowboys-and-Indians trope through a revisionist lens.—
Eric Kohn,
IndieWire,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Mexican cowboys became adept at everything from calving to branding to overseeing the kind of long-distance cattle drives that later became a staple of the western.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were madmen marching the United States toward nuclear war.—
Isaac Schorr,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Daredevils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daredevils. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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