1.   Nonetheless, Karzai faced two opponents, both political unknowns who braved ridicule to put forward their candidacy.

2.   Paula Jones, who braved ridicule to tell of being lewdly propositioned in a hotel room.

3.   Children brave ridicule to study ballet.

4.   Twenty black boys and girls brave the ridicule of friends to attend weekly ballet lessons.

5.   Yet another heartrending letter was from Sivaneswary Nadarajan, whose parents Nadarajan Kupusamy and Letchemi braved ridicule to stand by their children.

6.   Estela Balbago, an office secretary with a state power utility, braved public ridicule for seeking relief from harassment by an engineer.