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Recent Examples of unbowed
Bloodied but unbowed, Arch Manning leads the Longhorns to a go-ahead touchdown.
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Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
Princess Anne, seemingly unbowed by her recent unseating as Britain's hardest-working royal, walked alongside husband Sir Timothy Laurence.
—Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
On the subject of the brutal ICE raids in Los Angeles, Chicago and other major cities that have shocked the nation, including some prominent Trump supporters, the president was unbowed.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Jackson remains unbowed by his removal.
—Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
Princess Anne, seemingly unbowed by her recent unseating as Britain's hardest-working royal, walked alongside husband Sir Timothy Laurence.
—Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
On the subject of the brutal ICE raids in Los Angeles, Chicago and other major cities that have shocked the nation, including some prominent Trump supporters, the president was unbowed.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Jackson remains unbowed by his removal.
—Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbowed
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The 16-team field for the Division 1 playoffs remains wide open and should include two rising teams in unbeaten Ganesha and 16-1 Linfield Christian, which upset La Mirada 2-1 last week.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Principality side won a seventh straight Ligue 1 game and increased its unbeaten run to 10 league matches.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Apart from Michigan, nearly all lands east of the Mississippi River had been carved into states, while Florida remained sparsely inhabited and in large part unconquered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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No canvas has been left un-kitchen-magnetized, no sector of pop culture remains unconquered.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2024
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Ethan Ampadu was indomitable in the middle, while Calvert-Lewin tirelessly ran the channels, kept Palace defenders honest and tried to provide a platform when United cleared their lines.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Dengler endured endless torture and other miseries — escaping from prison was just the beginning of his ordeal in the jungle — but Bale plays him as a determined optimist, an indomitable spirit that cannot be crushed.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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Maya Moore scores 23 points to help Connecticut rally from a horrible first half to beat Stanford 53-47 for its second straight undefeated championship season and its seventh national title.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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This marks the 50th anniversary of the last undefeated team in college basketball — Bob Knight's 1975-76 team at Indiana.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The seemingly unconquerable fig butterwort (Ficaria verna) invades lowland valleys where seasonal floods carry little broken off bits downstream to sprout anywhere and everywhere.—
Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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Mountains as towering, imposing and seemingly unconquerable landscapes have been metaphorically linked to power and challenge.—
Jenny Hall,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Companies that seemed invincible, led by executives who seemed untouchable, backed by portfolios that seemed bulletproof—all gone.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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Rodrigo Duterte once seemed invincible.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Mara was the immovable force not even the Huskies championship-wining unstoppable object could conquer.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Thunder have their own unstoppable force in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, last season’s most valuable player who is in line to win it again this season, just as the Lakers have their own unstoppable force in Luka Doncic, another MVP candidate this season.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Still, like any good soldier, Meredith wasn’t going to be discouraged by a bunch of invulnerable avian tanks.—
Tom Hawking,
Popular Science,
25 Feb. 2026
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That is partly because no other power had enjoyed America’s unique circumstances—largely invulnerable to foreign invasion, because of its strength and its distance from the other great powers, and thus able to deploy force thousands of miles from home without leaving itself at risk.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Unbowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbowed. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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