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"Don't you dare think the Australian fruits and ours are the same. Ignorance is pathetic," said one social media comment.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

He sounded, dare say, patient with analysts and their questions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

I think she’s, dare I say it, maybe a little more proud of me than she used to be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

But even if they hadn’t fallen, I dare say that Apple’s focus on hardware over software would have been the right one.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

“You caught me unaware the last time we met. Do you dare fight me face-to-face this time, coward?”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Sometimes his friends would even dare him to tell a joke about buffalo wings, the kind of dares that can only be conceived by years of friendship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

One former army officer, who defected to the opposition three years ago, told the BBC she only dares leave the room she rents in Mae Sot twice a month.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

So, Emily dares to eat a Big Arch—the whole thing—and the hosts talk about how this kind of PR cannot be bought.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2026

Working his acoustic guitar with a French horn accompaniment — French horns! — he dares us to balance our relentless socioeconomic drive with our deep need to hang out, to while away the hours.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

“Who dares to read the meaning of the flight of the hawks?” he demanded, so loudly that his words seemed to echo through the fifty thousand palm trees of Al-Fayoum.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

Authorities later covered the foundation of the 2019 statue with a plastic sheet, the resident said, adding: "No one has dared to complain."

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

And with fame and status that transcends the game, Martinez seemingly dared not drop him.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

There’s been something of a love-hate relationship between viewers and the show, which has sometimes dared its audience to keep watching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Thus, he dared to break with long-held dogma that the economy would overheat and spark runaway inflation if allowed to grow at a sustained rate of much above 2.5% per year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

His sharp eyes swept over us, but no one dared to guess.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

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

Thou durst not, Coward, scatter thy Flames Whilst Charles is lord of earth and skies.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

If I durst presume, continued Trim, to give your Honour my advice, and speak my opinion in this matter.—Thou art welcome, Trim, quoth my uncle Toby—speak,——speak what thou thinkest upon the subject, man, without fear.

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

I hope so too, Madam; I am sure for any man: and were I otherwise, Of all the services my hopes could point at, I durst not touch at yours.

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Francis Beaumont

He dared not retreat: that would arouse suspicion: nor durst he stay inertly where he was, for the man might come towards them.

From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang

By far, the most daring approach has been Jake Braun’s.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

One daring 'brand activation' resulted in almost 30,000 free shirts being given to Super Giants fans.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“I can be more daring in English. I can say the words or verbalize the thoughts with much less inhibition, because I am not as emotionally attached,” he explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Plus, we look at new fronts erupting in the Iran war, and a daring mission to recover American POWs from the ocean floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Stacy asks like she’s daring me to something, and I get a bad feeling.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée