dare say
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I would never call my used car preowned, and if our company had layoffs, I wouldn’t dare say we were right-sizing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The fact that we’ve come around and, by the end of the show, I can’t even say back where we started, I dare say we are worse than where we started.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
And the way that I’ve been able to build my climate advocacy work into my climbing career, I dare say that it is something the world needs to hear.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
Say stuff in public some of her colleagues would only ever dare say in private.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023
Tes, I dare say you can rest assured on that.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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