coward
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You can be a hero or a coward.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“We wanted everyone to see what a complete and utter coward he is once you remove his powers, pretty much like every autocrat and strongman,” Kripke says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
"Today, we won't reflect on the loss of a coward," said the Police Association of Victoria.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
But even while Charlie longs to recross the wine dark sea to America, he ought to take solace in Homer’s words: “No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
I know that sounds like I was a coward, but—I don’t know, maybe I was a coward.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Instead, like cowards, they cast around for weaker parties to victimize.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
She branded the culprits "cowards" who had committed an act of "treachery".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
Decades ago, people who buckled their seat belts were thought to be signaling that they were cowards, afraid of getting in a crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value” “I haven’t even seen ‘Jay Kelly’ yet, but give Adam Sandler his nomination, you cowards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
They are brave with their friends; with their enemies, they are cowards.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Excerpts from "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet"
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