"dare" is correct and usable in written English. It is usually used to indicate a challenge, a questioning of one's courage, or a willingness to take risks, as in the sentence: "I dare you to try and climb that tree.".
How dare they?
For example there are people who seem to always need to have a lover as well as a partner because they dare not rely on just one person in case that person abandons them.
As a sector, we are one of the most transparent, accountable and dare I say most-obsessed with self-improvement.
There are people in poverty, with names and lives, who are being dehumanised because they dare to need something.
That will be more complicated than anyone – even those who advocate radical new approaches, including decriminalisation – dare consider.
"I am absolutely astonished that you even dare to ask that question after the most stunningly successful example of joined-up government that any of us have ever seen, with 19 government departments working incredibly well to put on a wonderful Games".
4. Can't people just read the Cabinet Manual (PDF), which is pretty clear on the rules? 5. Ed, speaking in 2010 makes it clear too, doesn't he? 6. Can we not all just agree, then, that a government is formed when a majority in the Commons passes a vote of confidence? 7. The SNP probably wouldn't dare to vote down a Labour Queen's Speech and therefore isn't Ed Miliband right to call their bluff?
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