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Recent Examples of cower
Argentina’s lessons for the current moment are multiple: When tyrants threaten, more people and institutions may cower than resist; the loss of checks on state violence can be catastrophic; and no one knows who the next victim will be.
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Julia M. Klein, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Since Trump’s inauguration, many brands have cowered to the U.S. president’s demands to roll back DEI initiatives.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 22 May 2025
America might still be a British dependency had the Congress of 1776 feared and obeyed George III the way Donald Trump’s Republicans cower to him.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
My pit bull Marcel cowered on the couch during the cold while the fluffier newsroom hounds frolicked in the snow.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Julia M. Klein, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Since Trump’s inauguration, many brands have cowered to the U.S. president’s demands to roll back DEI initiatives.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 22 May 2025
America might still be a British dependency had the Congress of 1776 feared and obeyed George III the way Donald Trump’s Republicans cower to him.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
My pit bull Marcel cowered on the couch during the cold while the fluffier newsroom hounds frolicked in the snow.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cower
Verb
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What is transgressive, indie and anti-woke today will one day be normie, derivative, and cringe.—
John McDermott,
Rolling Stone,
6 July 2025
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Her post-Sisterhood career has featured roles in horror flicks (The Grudge 2), cringe comedies (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret), medical dramas (House), and sitcoms (Two and a Half Men).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 June 2025
Verb
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But thousands of miles away, executives at China’s leading autonomous driving firms didn’t flinch.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 July 2025
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Sipp slightly flinched his left arm before throwing a pitch to Emmanuel Burriss, allowing Miguel Tejada to score and sending San Francisco to its fourth straight win.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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“Cower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cower. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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