coward
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In Jefferson’s mind Henry was a lazy lightweight, Hamilton a monarchist and a coward, Burr an insurrectionist and Marshall an implacable foe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“We wanted everyone to see what a complete and utter coward he is once you remove his powers, pretty much like every autocrat and strongman,” Kripke says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Wheatley's husband Darren Wheatley called Lloyd "a coward" who had "hidden behind your carefully orchestrated smoke screen".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
"A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him," the first lady added on Monday.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
I don’t know what they have planned, but I’m no coward, so I go right down that aisle out the back door and into the hot courtyard.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
"I think the other parties were cowards not to stand," said Mary Williams, who travelled to Clacton from Wales to support Farage.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Instead, like cowards, they cast around for weaker parties to victimize.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
Breaking ranks in a constitutional democracy may not incur the same risks as in a totalitarian regime, but revising the dictionary of received ideas isn’t for cowards in any society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Guadagnino’s driving interest is attacking academia as a rat’s nest of egomaniacs and cowards and insular, faux-radical thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“Juniper’s waiting for me. It’s a good thing she finds cowards attractive.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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Excerpts from "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet"
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