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"I had a degree of fearlessness. I had a bit of - dare I say - glib charm. I wasn't hugely emotionally affected by things that happened on the trading floor."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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

How dare this “billionaire,” as many put it, not write every word himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

I sit as close to the fire as I dare.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

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

“Arr, matey, who dares to disturb the pirate captain’s slumber?”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

In the first years, those who dared to object to the war or express criticism of American policy were shut down immediately.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

I had one cancel on me at pickup last week because I dared to confirm his name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"No one had ever dared do that," said political scientist Luis Salamanca, who noted that up until recently, such statements would have invited harsh political repression.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

As we sat in that silent railcar, tense and braced, no one dared to make a sound.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

I had no open space before me; therefore I durst not let him go.

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Nannie Lambert

His behavior was exceedingly reserved; he durst not even wag his tail for fear of giving offence, but he glanced at me in the meekest, humblest entreaty ever dog did.

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

But the door leading to her husband's room was locked, and she durst not call him, but with an indescribable sinking of heart awaited the endlessly distant dawn.

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

To encourage a woollen manufacture in America, it was recommended to the colonists to abstain from eating the flesh of lambs, and not a butcher durst afterwards expose lamb for sale.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper

Weighing some 100 pounds, Ms. Brauer seems to have made up for her slightness with grit and daring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

They are also proud of what their parents stood for and daring to call for reforms.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

His books on New York City planner Robert Moses and President Lyndon B. Johnson function as both biography and challenge, their hefty page counts daring readers to dive in.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

But to say otherwise in his lifetime would have been daring if not foolish.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis