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
Yeah, Konata Mumpfield, and don’t you dare say Stafford shouldn’t win his first MVP award.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026
“I would not dare say that the secessionist movement is dead, but I can say that we are in a period where we don’t know what will come next,” he said.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
Say stuff in public some of her colleagues would only ever dare say in private.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023
Without him, I dare say, we'd not have secured M. Dupont's agreement to come.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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