dare

"Seeing the condition of the recently burned lands... we didn't dare to gamble and assume he'll survive."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Beneath that story on the front page, a cartoon of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reading Earl Spencer's book shows the former prince asking "how dare he embarrass the King! That's my job!"

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“I dare to say La Opinión was vital; it was like medicine for the spirit,” she said in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“They have to repress themselves. So they want others to be repressed as well. ‘How dare you live outside of this box and have freedom of choice and a comfortable, fun, beautiful life?”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

And as she repositioned herself on the cushioned bench opposite mine, her gaze locked, I didn’t dare speak.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Its performance history is so good that it dares you to try doing any better.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

One former army officer, who defected to the opposition three years ago, told the BBC she only dares leave the room she rents in Mae Sot twice a month.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Sonomura’s style is volumetric; he dares himself to discover unexpected axes of movement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

A report last week by Yale University contains a surprising dose of self-examination that dares to agree with what many of its critics have been saying for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

“And you call yourself an artist! What pretensions, Madame! The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

“Having dared to speak up and seek justice will have me looking over my shoulder for years to come,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She says she has "dared to dream that I might be around to see them fall in love, to get married"

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

In the first years, those who dared to object to the war or express criticism of American policy were shut down immediately.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

"No one had ever dared do that," said political scientist Luis Salamanca, who noted that up until recently, such statements would have invited harsh political repression.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Of course, he’d heard about the zoo—every Lkossan child grew up with stories of its wonders and terrors—but he’d never actually visited it or dared to come so close.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Then the boat turned towards me, and stayed its pace, and floated slowly by within my hand’s reach, yet I durst not handle it.

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

It was too dark for him to see his watch, and he durst not strike a light.

From Swift and Sure by Herbert Strang

I cannot, I durst not, belie my own soul, and commit so great a sin.

From Delusion, or The Witch of New England by Eliza Buckminster Lee

I hope so too, Madam; I am sure for any man: and were I otherwise, Of all the services my hopes could point at, I durst not touch at yours.

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Francis Beaumont

Though he durst scarcely breathe, he felt his heart beat tumultuously against his chest, at the thought of his folly and the possibility of detection.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold

Cruise’s ambition is moot if he’s otherwise resigned himself to crowd-pleasers, making his occasional enterprising choices look even more daring.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Weighing some 100 pounds, Ms. Brauer seems to have made up for her slightness with grit and daring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Some of the ways that Tresnjak ups the ante on that daring have diminishing returns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Diana wore the daring off-the-shoulder gown to a gala dinner in London in 1994 on the day that her husband, now the king, admitted during a TV interview to being unfaithful.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Mapping and exploring the River of Doubt had been a daring and deadly feat.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple