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cower

[kou-er] / ˈkaʊ ər /


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He shared videos from street demonstrations, describing them as "in defence of the Homeland" and added: "Our people do not cower."

From BBC • May 2, 2026

After 36 hours in our care, Bob still had not peed, pooped, eaten, or done much of anything beyond cower.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025

I would cower in my room or the hallway, shoveling Froot Loops into my mouth until the apartment was no longer an office but our home again.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Ten 6-week-old piglets cower together in the corner of a gated pen spread with straw.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

Get out! until Minya picked herself up from her cower, and, with a terrible look, turned and fled.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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