pusillanimity

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It’s easy to blame the reporters whose bylines appear on Times news articles for their pusillanimity.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

Such pusillanimity throws into sharp relief the acts of courage these hearings have shown us.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022

The pusillanimity of American corporations on this subject continues to astound.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2021

“Their pusillanimity disrespected the men, American and Asian, I had known who died fighting the good fight ,” he said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 30, 2017

If Napoleon had declined this counsel, which arose from either pusillanimity or perfidy, it is perfectly possible that he might have silenced all opposition.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various