Braved

We braved the elements to walk to the station.

It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.

They braved the snow storm.

More than 30,000 people braved the rain and cold to attend the Canada Day parade.

"People really, really need to wake up," said Parisian Veronique Weil, who braved whipping rain to join a climate rally at the city's iconic Place de la République. "The seas are rising, countries are going to disappear. ... It's crazy."

The outdoor market should be packed, but just a few people have braved a hot sun to haggle over flat-screen TVs and gaudy rugs trucked over from Libya, just 30 kilometers away.

Benedito held the kid close to him as they braved a storm.

Great explorers have often braved extreme conditions to map unknown territories.

They braved the cold.