11.   Hundreds of well-wishers braved sub-zero temperatures to see off the balloon.

12.   Hundreds of well-wishers braved sub-zero temperatures to see the balloon off.

13.   In Cay, hundreds preferred to brave subfreezing temperatures and sleep outdoors, or at a local school used as a temporary hostel.

14.   On a recent day, two dozen or so tourists braved freezing temperatures to take in the sprawling painting.

15.   Thousands of people braved freezing temperatures in the Iranian capital Wednesday to watch the execution of a man who had killed a member of a hard-line militia.

16.   Voters traveling by bicycle, ox cart and rickshaw braved scorching temperatures to vote.

17.   Highway patrol officers, helicopter pilots, ranchers on tractors and a dozen volunteers on snowmobiles braved sub-zero temperatures to round up the errant beasts Tuesday, he added.

18.   Hundreds of Manchester City supporters braved freezing temperatures and laid siege to their Maine Road ground when tickets went on sale Thursday morning.

19.   Braving freezing temperatures, marchers sang peace songs and carried banners against violence, while others carried Social Democratic flags.

20.   Exhausted volunteers braved sub-zero temperatures and blizzard conditions to sandbag river towns threatened by floodwaters in Minnesota and the Dakotas.