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He shared videos from street demonstrations, describing them as "in defence of the Homeland" and added: "Our people do not cower."

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

“This is a story of happiness,” Gibson insists at one point, refusing to cower to cancer.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

I would cower in my room or the hallway, shoveling Froot Loops into my mouth until the apartment was no longer an office but our home again.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

Because the court did not cower in the face of this resistance, our country continued forward on the path toward a more just and democratic society.

From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2024

I would not let him see me cower.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

"He doesn't want to go for a walk when he has a muzzle on, he shivers and cowers down, it's horrible to see, but once he's up here he's like a new puppy again."

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024

Alison King, an artist in her mid-30s, cowers under a wet blanket on her bathroom floor as a “blazing fury” descends on Lake Bend, a fictional small town outside Melbourne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Soldiers then approach a man identified by B’Tselem as 36-year-old Thaar Shahin as he cowers underneath the hood of a car.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

Only when he realizes that George is telling the truth does he reach out with gentleness, but George still cowers away.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2021

She cowers to my largeness, taking two steps back.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

“Others might have cowered or taken time to regroup and figure out what they should do,” said Wald.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

He cowered and shook on trips outside the house.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

He briefly cowered, before realizing it was a taped-up black cricket ball that soared up from the ground floor.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022

Lincoln’s time was one of passionate intensity, of loud voices and closed minds, of demagogues who exploited public opinion and conflict-averse officeholders who cowered in fear of it.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022

Awe and fear fell upon Frodo, and he cowered down, shutting his eyes and not daring to look up as the boat drew near.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The enduring image of Ruben Amorim's 14-month tenure at Manchester United may well be the one of him cowering in the dugout at Grimsby.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

For Ms. Sweeney and Ms. Seyfried it provides an endless variety of opportunities to run through the soap-opera playbook of screaming, cowering, deceiving and attacking depending on the circumstances, which grow increasingly horrifying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

Of course, if we had thought about nuclear war every minute of every day, we might indeed have been cowering under our sheets.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

On Friday, Musk shared two side-by-side A.I.-generated images of graffiti-style stencils: a smiling, handsome Kirk, and a cowering, dying Zarutska.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025

And cowering behind his legs, heavily wrapped in bandages, was Dobby.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling