cower
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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
The sounds of Herbert’s bat in the cage made Manley cower behind the pitching screen.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 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
He sought to walk towards the blizzard of criticism - an unlikely alliance taking in Ford and the National Trust among many others - rather than cower from it.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023
No humans had trespassed into his forest, forcing him to cower or sneak.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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