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“Before that,” she writes, “my mother did not dare to speak about it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“They have to repress themselves. So they want others to be repressed as well. ‘How dare you live outside of this box and have freedom of choice and a comfortable, fun, beautiful life?”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

He said: "They stripped all the cushions off the sunbeds and laid them in the conference room. I dare say there were about 80 of us on the floor."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

She offers fresh takes on subjects most comics won’t even dare to tackle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“You dare talk about wasting money! After what you did!”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The Thai government has called her an "inspiration to anyone who dares to dream big".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Its performance history is so good that it dares you to try doing any better.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The short break for hilarious antics evolved into more elaborate dares that are now essential to “Queer Roast.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

A report last week by Yale University contains a surprising dose of self-examination that dares to agree with what many of its critics have been saying for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

She dares to look at the comments after the USA Today article.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

“Having dared to speak up and seek justice will have me looking over my shoulder for years to come,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

And yet, Anderson’s “Resident Evil” has always been the butt of the joke, brushed off largely because his movies dared to be different when people wanted more of the same.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

She smiles through her tears as she says: "Now I've just dared to dream that I might be around to see them fall in love, to get married."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Buoyed by a youthful sense of invincibility, they dared one another to leap, waiting for another to move, like emperor penguin chicks before a first arctic plunge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

After peace was declared, however, William dared to put a short, simple cipher at the end of one of his letters.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Then the boat turned towards me, and stayed its pace, and floated slowly by within my hand’s reach, yet I durst not handle it.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Few observed his fate, and none durst turn back to recover his body.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

Besides, the Spaniards flying from one place to another every day, and often changing woods, were jealous even of each other, so as the father durst scarce trust his own son.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper

My mother sometimes requested me to go to the Catholic church on days of great ceremony, and I durst not refuse, though I used to go with rage in my heart.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

The Kurd durst not take his eyes off him, he scarce ventured even to wink, lest the horse-dealer should practise magic in the meantime.

From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai

These are films of strenuous work and daring vision, even when their execution doesn’t always match up with those big ideas.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Adnoc’s maritime logistics company is one of a buccaneering group staging daring “shuttle runs,” where tankers make short trips moving oil from the U.A.E. and other Persian Gulf terminals to ports just outside Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some of the ways that Tresnjak ups the ante on that daring have diminishing returns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Diana wore the daring off-the-shoulder gown to a gala dinner in London in 1994 on the day that her husband, now the king, admitted during a TV interview to being unfaithful.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

I kept my voice light, not daring to think about Traveler—okay, his elf—offering me flowers.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows