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Recent Examples of cowers
If Venezuela and its region instead spiral into chaos and suffering, Trump will merely look like a bully, a president who cowers when facing the mighty — in Moscow or Beijing, say — but bombs those who can’t return fire, whether in Nigeria, Yemen or Venezuela.
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Andreas Kluth, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
The Guthrie family cowers in obedient fear of its brooding patriarch (Peter Mullan).
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Andreas Kluth, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
The Guthrie family cowers in obedient fear of its brooding patriarch (Peter Mullan).
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowers
Verb
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Payton cringes at the mention of a sophomore slump, that defenses will figure out Nix.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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Sheinbaum quickly moves away and visibly flinches as the man attempts to put his arm around her.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Snakes must move incredibly quickly to sink their fangs into prey before the victim flinches.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Cowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowers. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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