coward
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The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh called her “the biggest coward in the history of sports.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
But Reilly, who calls himself a coward and claims to be no hero, regards his mutant abilities as “a part of me I wish never existed. With no power, there’s no responsibility.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
The Australian leader's comments were condemned, however, by the outspoken activist Grace Tame who labelled them a "patronising cop out from a total coward".
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
I didn’t really think that—anybody who joined the army to fight wouldn’t be a coward, but I was still angry at him.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
And the likeliest one is also the simplest: They’re cowards.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
He earlier called Nato allies "cowards" for refusing to offer warships for what he described as a "simple" military task with "little risk".
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
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
Decades ago, people who buckled their seat belts were thought to be signaling that they were cowards, afraid of getting in a crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Finn froze up like a monument to cowards everywhere.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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