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daring

adjective as in adventurous

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noun as in boldness

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It churns through the pier aggressively, almost like it’s daring me to jump.

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Edmond Dantès’s daring break from an island prison is considered one of the greatest escapes in all of literature to this very day.

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The baroness seized the podium with both hands, as if daring someone to tear her away.

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Helpless, Penelope stood like a statue, not daring to take a step lest she tumble off some unseen precipice.

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She says they have had a great night but they, too, are not daring to use their mobile phones even to check the time.