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dare

[dair] / dɛər /
NOUN
challenge, defiance
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Perhaps the organizers thought the crowd wouldn’t dare boo during a patriotic hymn.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Now it has spread to a forested area where health workers, who are already coping with short supplies and local suspicions, dare not venture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Then the Supreme Court spanked them for it and said: How dare you keep applying actual law?

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

Only dragons dare challenge the World Cup in the battle for streaming viewers this June.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

I dare to hope as I look around.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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