bravos

variants or bravoes
Definition of bravosnext
plural of bravo
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Noun
  • Why hadn’t any of her producers and writers over the years—a murderers’ row including Tove Lo, Julia Michaels, and the duo Monsters & Strangerz, of the Max Martin school—struck the vein of her personality?
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The cast is a murderers row of British actors, and the twisting plot of the novel is full of introspection and doubt, which makes for a tight 127 minutes of shocking revelations told through stern and troubled looks.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Whitesitt caught his state-record cutty there in mid-April, around the same time cutthroats in the northern Rockies are spawning in tributary streams.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.
    Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • It can also be integrated with expendable countermeasures that create acoustic decoys to confuse incoming torpedoes.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The ship carries a range of other weaponry, including torpedoes, Tomahawk missiles for land attacks, Standard interceptors for ballistic missile defense and Sea Sparrow missiles for short-range missile and aircraft defense.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Investigators had little physical evidence to work with, and for 43 years, her killers walked free.
    Francie Ebert, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The bills aim to establish an elder parole program in the Empire State, among other changes that would result in the early release of killers.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • He was met with rapturous standing ovations at the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony upon his return to the stage months later.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Curry came off the bench to rousing standing ovations in his first two home games before returning to the starting five for Friday night's loss at Sacramento.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As the operation grows across the city-wide black market, their ambitions clash with corrupt authorities, rival butchers and a shifting political landscape, pushing the family toward dangerous alliances and violent consequences.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Anthrax underfoot Most cases of human anthrax result from working with animals – an occupational hazard for tanners, wool sorters and butchers.
    Hannah Kinzer, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Viel got the Gordon Bombay jacket from his teammates, but LaCombe received the plaudits from his coach.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Hopefully, Biedermann will not be spoiled by his plaudits.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Bravos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bravos. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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