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"Seeing the condition of the recently burned lands... we didn't dare to gamble and assume he'll survive."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 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

The result is pure, rich excess — a fashion documentary unlike any other, that manages to capture the transient joy and whimsy of an era where fashion was allowed to be, dare I say, fun.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

“We had these all-female festivals in Olympia, and we had our own publicist, and they were like, how dare we?” says Brownstein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Whereas academic translators might leave us staring into the void of missing lines, Mr. Armitage dares to populate that void.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

Here McDermott’s inspired staging demonstrated that Glass’ forgiving personal portrait of Walt Disney makes it the quintessential Hollywood opera that no one dares bring to squeamish Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

He stands near one of the long trestle tables, and even in the cramped hall, there is space around him, as though no one dares get too close.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

She says she has "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

"It is truly my dearest wish that this opens the way for other women who might not have dared until now," the 59-year-old, who lives in Anglet in southwestern France, said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 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

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

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

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

You much rejoice me now you have hit my meaning, I durst not press ye, till I found your spirits: Continue thus.

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

All Sam's bright hopes were dashed at once; he durst ask no further.

From I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success by Azel Stevens Roe

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

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

Watching Petit step onto the wire lets us see them differently, not as the site of catastrophe but as the setting for something beautiful and absurdly daring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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

Sometimes Joe seemed to have forced Frank into a corner, but at the last minute Frank would execute a daring escape.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon