cower
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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
“We don’t quit, we don’t cower, we don’t run,” Bryant wrote later in the post.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
“This is a story of happiness,” Gibson insists at one point, refusing to cower to cancer.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025
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
Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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