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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cower .
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Examples
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Although McCain carefully branded himself as a maverick to appeal to independent voters in 2008, he now cowers from the term in his Arizona Republican primary.
Think Progress » FLASHBACK: McCain Said Of Himself And Palin, ‘What Do You Expect Of Two Mavericks?’ 2010
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As ThinkProgress noted when McCain first tried to abandon the “maverick” label, “McCain carefully branded himself as a maverick to appeal to independent voters in 2008,” but “he now cowers from the term in his Arizona Republican primary.”
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Obama cowers from the French .... that's priceless. posted on 02/17/2010 2: 51: 37 PM PST
Latest Articles Yahoo News 2010
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Fournier is probably pissed that the word choice wasn't "cowers".
Obama Campaign Accepts Proposal For Three Presidential Debates 2009
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How can society have come to this, you cry, this depth of depravity, this sink of iniquity, that the head of the SyFy Channel cowers before the Elders of Sodom?
An Open Letter to John C. Wright Hal Duncan 2009
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Well, now we know who is giving Sen. Nelson such bad advice so that he mocks presidential budget requests, cowers before Republican appropriators, and "wishes away" the powerful question of his full committee chairman.
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A screaming 12-year-old boy, Mohammad al-Durra, cowers against a wall in Gaza while his weeping father tries to shield him from a hail of bullets fired by Israeli soldiers.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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"Fashion legislation that cowers before the rich people" is more like it.
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As Seena jostles in this trotro, as Lint cowers beneath her sweating legs, as the bones in her rear feel bruised, as she tumbles to the side toward Yllis and away, forward toward Dick and Mary Catherine and away, backward toward Tessa and Grace and away, her body leaves her.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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As Seena jostles in this trotro, as Lint cowers beneath her sweating legs, as the bones in her rear feel bruised, as she tumbles to the side toward Yllis and away, forward toward Dick and Mary Catherine and away, backward toward Tessa and Grace and away, her body leaves her.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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