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He was unbowed by failure.
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All of these acts of insurrection reveal a nation unbowed in the face of violent oppression.
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Jackie Byers, who helped lead the Black Organizing Project in its bid to abolish the Oakland Unified School District’s police department in the wake of the 2020 protests, is unbowed by the slowing political momentum for police reform.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
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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
Jackie Byers, who helped lead the Black Organizing Project in its bid to abolish the Oakland Unified School District’s police department in the wake of the 2020 protests, is unbowed by the slowing political momentum for police reform.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
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“Unbowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbowed. Accessed 18 Sep. 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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