dare not
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The deadly strain 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 ● Jul. 16, 2026
"Despite the ceasefire, we dare not return home yet. We are still frightened," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
She dare not judge a matter that may come before her.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2025
It also seems to get the cows buff, but I dare not ask how that happens.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2023
“This is so,” Illyrio agreed, “but the world is one great web, and a man dare not touch a single strand lest all the others tremble. More wine?”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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