- present participle of dare.
daring
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Whether it was Ryan channeling designer inspo or fashion-snatching looks from the streets, the display — like the book that inspired it — was colorful and daring, inspired and eccentric and wholly unique.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
The market debut will be daring: On the surface, IQM risks being drowned out by building the same superconducting quantum architecture championed by much larger, deeply entrenched rivals like IBM and Alphabet’s Google.
From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026
But France's determination not to die with the ball and daring to run it from deep paid off after the break.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
If not for this arch, prickly, but intellectually daring English lord, would Paine have summoned the resources to produce “Common Sense”?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Mom gives me this look, eyebrows up, head cocked, daring me to talk back.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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