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lacking courage



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“I am in a cage, lacking courage, insignificant, flinching and escaping, just like this photo,” she wrote.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2019

Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim has accused ref Svein Oddvar Moen of "lacking courage" during his side's Big Cup defeat to Real Madrid.

From The Guardian Apr. 4, 2013

A tail, thin, amiable, blond young man. who, because he has never before reached the final in the Amateur, has been accused of lacking courage, Fischer leaned over his ball.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lawyer Wendell Willkie, who has never been accused of lacking courage, last week agreed to defend a well-known Communist, and for nothing.

From Time Magazine Archive

They go through life leaving a string of baited traps behind them, lacking courage to go back and see what they have caught.

From Claim Number One by George W. (George Washington) Ogden




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