daren't
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An audio reader daren’t go flat, for fear of droning on and boring the listener, but as this audiobook shows, excessive buoyancy also carries a risk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
"People on their own and with ill health need the heating on, but they daren't do it because they're scared of the big bills," she says.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023
Privacy allows one to think for oneself, but for two weeks Valeria daren’t write, because she is never alone.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023
Around these companions she can be herself, as she daren’t around Noah or his despised new stepmother, Rose.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021
As for himself, "I simply daren't tell them I'm not Prince Corin now," thought Shasta.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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