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“Ragtime” draws a portrait of America at a time of turmoil with broad dramatic strokes and emotional specificity, a high-wire act that might daunt the likes of Houdini—yet another character in the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Nor do they daunt the current crop of entrepreneurs, who are mostly recycling old buildings, not putting up new ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

There’s also this: Nadal never seems to take a point off, never seems to let an on-court situation daunt him, never gives in or gives up.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022

"Don’t let anything daunt you or take you away from that mission. This legislation is not going to do that. Keep becoming a citizen of this country."

From Fox News ● Jan. 9, 2022

The mountains seemed to be trying with their deadly breath to daunt them, to turn them back from the secrets of the high places, or to blow them away into the darkness behind.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

But as he gears up to release his third book on Tuesday, Tweedy admits the task of writing no longer daunts him the way it once did.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

But what he’s mostly done on hard courts is conquer what daunts him, by fighting the kinds of relentless battles that he relishes, as he did against a rising hard-court comer on Sunday.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019

Each of the eight huge prints dazzles and daunts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2015

It daunts her to consider the situation’s basic math, the impossibility of matching her supplies to their numbers.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2011

The thought of stealing it, in front of everyone, daunts me.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

But Brown wasn’t daunted by history, and he wasn’t about to pull his players to rest for the next game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

The words of former champion and current world number one Judd Trump show that even experienced players at the top of the game remain daunted at the iconic Sheffield venue.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Paulson said older workers may be daunted by the potential costs, time and effort, as well as the potential stigma associated with being a whistleblower.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025

However, teenage right-back Colby Donovan was not daunted, while winger Sebastian Tounekti still pulled out his tricks on his European bow for the Scottish champions.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

The sweetness of the air and the greenness of the leaves daunted him.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Even at “full China speed,” he said, it’s a daunting challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

While the overall price tag of healthcare in retirement may seem daunting, the costs will likely be spread out over decades, noted Ryan Viktorin, a vice president and financial consultant with Fidelity.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

In Sydney, Michelle Huynh, who creates her own finance-related social media content, says investing can be daunting for people entering the workforce because such skills are not widely taught in schools.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

He wore the terror for us, making life’s big mysteries seem just a little less daunting — even if they, like Neill, will always be unpredictable.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Who are these nutcases who would volunteer for an artificially daunting situation in order to entertain millions of strangers with their half-assed efforts to survive?

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich