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put on a brave front

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He could tell they were disappointed, but they’d tried to put on a brave front.

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In the hours after the assault, which was claimed by Islamic State, politicians had put on a brave front and repeated the mantra that Germany would not be cowed by terror.

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Dr Lip Lee, a clinical oncologist at Christie's Hospital, says there is also a tendency for members of the UK's Chinese community to put on a "brave front" - including when it comes to cancer.

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Bitseat put on a brave front, trying to smile whenever doctors and nurses came to treat her.

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The Trump cabal’s dismissal of the federal probe is little more than a blustering attempt to put on a brave front.

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