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He was unbowed by failure.
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Putin emerged from Beijing’s bonhomie last week – discussing immortality with his main bankroller, President Xi Jinping, and sharing his limo with wavering US ally, Indian leader Narendra Modi – aware that China wanted to parade its own bloc, unbowed.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Trump, unbowed, seems unable to pump the brakes.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
All of these acts of insurrection reveal a nation unbowed in the face of violent oppression.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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“Unbowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbowed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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unbowed
adjective
un·bowed
ˌən-ˈbau̇d 
ˈən-
1
: not bowed down
unbowed heads
2
: not conquered
unbowed by failure
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