Sabri Umar, 41, journeyed from Shinqal with his elderly mother, defying the dangers of the road in the hope that they could participate in the ritual.
Others defy mortal danger on Earth or in space, while still others court hedonism or suicide -- until an unforeseen development shifts the focus from self-involvement to self-defense against a new and terrible enemy.
President Hollande, distinguished guests, I am honoured to return here today to pay tribute to the men and women of a generation who defied every danger: among them, our veterans of D-day.
The Queen laid a wreath to honour the fallen and President Obama paid tribute to a generation who had, as he put it, "defied every danger".
One couple in their late 60s, Anatoli and Svetlana, have refused to flee from the bombardment of shells and rocket attacks, so far defying the mortal danger that living in such a grim, frontline location presents.
An embodiment of independence and dark ambition, an untamable renegade, he follows self-defined codes, creating a world unto himself, defying authority, protocol, injustice, danger and, in certain acrobatic cases, gravity.
The former justice minister Ken Clarke and former attorney general Dominic Grieve QC – both re-elected to the Commons last week – have in the past warned about the danger of defying decisions handed down by ECHR judges on the grounds that it would undermine respect for the rule of law across Europe.
Some have read into the story a veiled exploration of gay themes of sexual awakening, forbidden love and the dangers of defying convention.
When he worked as a claims adjuster for the Bohemian Workers Accident Insurancee Institute, Kafka decried jobs in which "danger defied all caution".
A vital theme is our common humanity, poignantly illustrated by relationships between people whose nationality and race put them on opposite sides of a deadly conflict, but who defy persecution and danger to befriend and protect "the other".
NEW YORK, July 4 (Reuters) - Millions of Americans on Saturday gathered for Independence Day parades, picnics and hotdog eating competitions, defying worries over possible security threats and the danger of wildfires in the West.
