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Recent Examples of daresay And while the mute Leatherface steals the show, the movie's documentary-like opening narration and audio of heinous news reports hint at something, daresay, more sophisticated. RenÉ A. Guzman, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2019
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Verb
  • There’s a strong chance his initial game back comes next Wednesday against — guess who — the Lakers. Should make for an interesting storyline in the shadows of Hollywood.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2025
  • No one guessed Margie's whereabouts over the weekend.
    Martin Vassolo, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • According to public filings with the UK’s corporate register, Runge, a German citizen, assumed the role at the end of last month after departing Interview Magazine.
    Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • In the latest entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mackie assumes the role as the titular hero, taking over from Chris Evans, whose character Steve Rogers passed the shield to Mackie’s Sam Wilson at the end of 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The secretaries of state, education, and homeland security are also supposed to provide guidance for colleges and universities about how to report antisemitism by aliens that could be grounds for investigation or deportation.
    Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
  • By the cold math of the justice system, Rhodes was not supposed to be there.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • However, that changed when a man, accompanied by a young girl presumed to be his daughter, approached the desk claiming to have a reservation.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • There is no indication about what resulted in the oddities in the poster, or if any jobs were replaced as a result of the posters, as some online presumed.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • That era was a tough one for Letterman, who was thought to be a shoo-in to replace Carson but NBC opted to go with Jay Leno instead.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Icing is thought to have been the cause of the Alaska crash, which occurred when the pilot circled while the runway was being cleared of snow.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Trump administration, through a memo circulated last month by the U.S. Department of Justice, has threatened to investigate any state or city officials suspected of blocking federal efforts to remove undocumented immigrants.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2025
  • And as McCarthy’s activities stoked fears of anticommunist subversion, thousands of additional Americans, by some estimates, lost their jobs, their freedom to speak or travel freely, and even their lives for being suspected of left-wing beliefs or associations.
    Made by History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Daresay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daresay. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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