cowering
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As against Argentina in the World Cup semi-final in Atlanta, England led by a Gordon goal and lost, but at least here they went down swinging and not by going into cowering retreat.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
They doubled back into the town and spent days cowering in a basement, while the Russians took over the area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
Yakov knelt in the water, cowering with his hands over his eyes and his face centimeters from the glistening surface.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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