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Minutes later, Nyugen, whose own leaps on the bar had been daring to the point of recklessness, finished out on the floor with the 15 points he needed to secure second place.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2012

The Philadelphia Orchestra had been daring indeed with its first operatic adventure.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the old plan had been daring, it had at least been built on stealth.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

One day the Carthaginians succeeded in shaking down a portion of the outer circuit and had been daring enough to enter through the breach, when the Saguntines made a sortie and scared them away.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Dio, Cassius

As for Ona, she declares he pulled her back as if she had been daring the plague.

From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine