fix: correct build failures on validation of examples

[sicoyle]

Description

Cherry picked in my commits from fixing the release branch build to fix main build now. See failures like this below corrected in my PR build
https://github.com/dapr/python-sdk/actions/runs/22778719837/job/66078656753

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Checklist

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• Code compiles correctly
• Created/updated tests
• Extended the documentation

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 86.89%. Comparing base (bffb749) to head (ad876d4).
⚠️ Report is 85 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##             main     #945      +/-   ##
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+ Coverage   86.63%   86.89%   +0.26%     
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  Files          84      103      +19     
  Lines        4473     7305    +2832     
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+ Hits         3875     6348    +2473     
- Misses        598      957     +359     

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