dared

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Wearing an eye mask fashioned out of a dollar bill with strategic holes cut in it, so as not to trip over Jeff Bezos, Paulson’s look dared to ask: “In this economy?”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

"I absolutely always hoped that I'd be able to make it to this level, but I don't think I dared to write it down," she says.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Freidenberg’s diaries reveal aspects of Soviet life that no one else dared to record, and shed light on the political system that, after Hannah Arendt, we have come to call totalitarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne celebrated the EU nuclear pivot Tuesday saying Brussels dared "to break certain taboos".

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Once again we were dumb with disbelief, but even when we found our voices we dared not question the master.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo