daunt

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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

Temperatures were in the 20s at game time but its didn't daunt a red-clad crowd of more than 29,000.

From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022

What about the corruption that has plagued this country and might daunt would-be émigrés?

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2021

Neither the science nor statistics of the new vaccine daunt them.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2021

"Ought not to daunt you. Never be daunted. Secret of my success. Never been daunted. Never been daunted in public."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway