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
"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
Maybe that was because she wasn’t a coward like Chess.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
"It is what it is. Same old cliche a decade later. Keep running you little cowards," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, like cowards, they cast around for weaker parties to victimize.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Brazil forward, who has been the victim of numerous incidents of racist abuse during his playing career, said "racists are, above all, cowards" in a post on Instagram.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 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
Contrary to popular wisdom, bullies are rarely cowards.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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