dared

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Wearing an eye mask fashioned out of a dollar bill with strategic holes cut in it, so as not to trip over Jeff Bezos, Paulson’s look dared to ask: “In this economy?”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

"I absolutely always hoped that I'd be able to make it to this level, but I don't think I dared to write it down," she says.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

By the end of the meeting, Maguire dared Grinberg to drop out of Berkeley to start a company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Iran's Revolutionary Guards also said that no US Navy vessel has "dared" approach the Strait of Hormuz, calling Wright's claim a "pure falsehood."

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

“How dare you bind me? Do you know who it is you have dared touch?”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny