dare

“I dare to say La Opinión was vital; it was like medicine for the spirit,” she said in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Pipi said he did not dare to escalate the matter, fearing he would "end up in prison".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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

U.S. sanctions generally aim to cut off targets from the U.S. financial system, turning them into economic pariahs and threatening companies that dare to trade with them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The cold made his eyes ache, but he didn’t dare shut them.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The Thai government has called her an "inspiration to anyone who dares to dream big".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Sonomura’s style is volumetric; he dares himself to discover unexpected axes of movement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 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

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

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

And yet, Anderson’s “Resident Evil” has always been the butt of the joke, brushed off largely because his movies dared to be different when people wanted more of the same.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“In such a political environment, no surviving veterans of Hengyang Battle dared to raise their heads.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

Buoyed by a youthful sense of invincibility, they dared one another to leap, waiting for another to move, like emperor penguin chicks before a first arctic plunge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Anya dared a look at what it was yelping about.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

I cannot, I durst not, belie my own soul, and commit so great a sin.

From Delusion, or The Witch of New England by Eliza Buckminster Lee

More than thought, I know it Sir, I know they durst not doe These violent rude things, abuse the State thus, But that they have a hope by his ambitions— Duke.

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

As their master durst not then reside in Jerusalem, he retired towards the banks of the sea of Galilee, where they joined him.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach

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

It’s possible to get ahead of the playwright, even for a work of such scrupulous intelligence and theatrical daring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“This is the double-dog daring you. This is straight schoolyard,” said Reinhart, chief economist at BNY Investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The daring outdoor mice waded out to grab the motorcycle, but Ralph was quick.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary