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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

A setback like this did not daunt him.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye

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

AI may not be sentient, but it gets daunted in the same way we do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The crash occurred shortly before midnight on March 22 and quickly put a renewed spotlight on close calls and near misses that have daunted U.S. runways in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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

The Stahls purchased the lot in 1954 for $13,500 and enlisted Koenig to design the house after other architects were daunted by the slope of the lot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

They were Jim and Heath, father and son, from Chattanooga, and they were cheerful, friendly, and not remotely daunted by the weather.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Target-date funds have been touted as an option that simplifies the process, especially when the alternative, like choosing specific assets and what percentage of a portfolio that should be invested in them, feels daunting.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

At Air India, however, Gebremariam faces a daunting task.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The checklist to launch an independent minor league baseball team is long and daunting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Regardless, Minghella’s film is an utterly beautiful and romantic story, a daunting feat considering how equally beautiful, though different, its source material is.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Many had been separated from loved ones during the fire and now had the daunting task of searching through a ruined city for them.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy