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In theory, the demise of the National Industrial Recovery Act could have cowed the administration, as the Supreme Court seemed poised to begin striking down much of the New Deal.

From Slate • May 1, 2021

That experience seems not to have cowed him.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010

Such intense journalism might have cowed the Post in the decadent days of the McLean regime, but Publisher Meyer refused to lie down.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today a record 43% of all U.S. women�32 million strong�are in the nation's labor force, many in jobs that might have cowed Rosie the Riveter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Danger, however great, could not have cowed him; circumstances, however hopeless, could not have made him despair; obstacles, however vast, could not have turned him back.

From A Man's Woman by Norris, Frank