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dare

[dair] / dɛər /
NOUN
challenge, defiance
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Mr. O’Hanlon is the program’s director of research and author of “To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Dare we say it is time to buy software shares?

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

At Tottenham, the club motto 'To Dare Is To Do' is regarded as statement of style.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Dare I say, the party’s mood swing from near-suicidal to euphoric has been quite something.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

Standing at the foot of Zeus’s throne, looking up at the stars, was Rachel Elizabeth Dare.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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