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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

“No, Mom. I’m tired of being quiet. All of you should be. Layla’s been fighting for us. Literally. Look at her face. And what have any of you done? Nothing but cower in fear.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

"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

More transparency is coming to the platform one way or another; there’s still value in staking out a leadership position while the rest of the industry cowers.

From The Verge ● Sep. 28, 2021

Another crack of thunder, and Boomer leaps out of bed and cowers by the door.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

“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

In the second car, Danielle Boyles, 27, a preschool teacher from South Africa, cowered under an abaya.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

Combine the timid showing with their 2022 elimination game against Houston, in which the Wildcats cowered from a rock fight, it’s clear that coach Tommy Lloyd must rethink his approach to roster construction.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 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

MacDuff cowered between us, as scared as we were.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

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

The distance between Americans and the people in other countries cowering as death rains down on them from the sky has always been vast both geographically and culturally.

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026

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

The Grimsby result is one thing, but the sight of Amorim cowering in the dugout during the penalty shootout - it's difficult to imagine someone like Sir Alex Ferguson doing that.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

Fang wasn’t howling anymore, but cowering silently on the spot.

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