as in afraid
having or showing a shameful lack of courage
you'll come with us into the cave, unless you're yellow
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By its conception, AI does not make mistakes, does not take bribes and is not afraid of anything.Oleksandr Sheremeta, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Many Americans are afraid of what the aftermath of the election could bring.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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The sudden loss of job security can leave you feeling scared, abandoned and vulnerable.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The Pinewoods Library, an informal community center that is in a trailer park with a large Latino population, drew about two hundred scared neighbors to a meeting where the local sheriff and the Athens district attorney, Deborah Gonzalez, sought to assure them of their safety.David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
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Halloween attractions company America Haunts estimates that Americans spend upward of US$500 million annually on haunted house entrance fees simply for the privilege of being frightened.Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Be frightened and surprised at the Redford Theatre's Festival of Darkness, a 90-minute compilation of horror short films.Annalise Frank, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
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The researchers are careful to point out that this method was intended to work only with cooperative participants.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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This process begins with careful curation and labeling of data before it's fed into AI models.Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mark Kelly Americans who are rightfully appalled by the pusillanimous response to anti-Semitism on college campuses have been pulling their donations and calling for restrictions on anti-Israel student groups.Arthur Levitt, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2023
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Those clumsy tales revealed Chazelle’s pusillanimous career ambitions.Armond White, National Review, 13 Jan. 2023
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There’s also the charming indecision, the earnest desire to weigh all options against each other and seeing every side so that the only logical conclusion is to be mired in a well-meaning state of paralysis — which, in another dialect, translates to spineless lack of resolve and commitment phobia.Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
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The cast has an abundance of exceptional performances from Kevin Kline (outstanding!), Lesley Manville, Sacha Baron Cohen (so good as Catherine’s spineless husband), and Kodi Smith-McPhee as their son.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
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Although Morgan’s win in Saudi Arabia solidified her as a cowardly heel, her immediately future on Raw remains unclear.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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However, Art does display human emotion; a childlike sense of whimsy and a cowardly nature.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Since then, Trump has regularly lobbed attacks at the military and its top leaders, accusing them of being politically craven and operationally incompetent.Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2021
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The callousness of investigators, the craven police interrogation methods that seek to discount the memory of survivors by insisting the truth hinges on minute details and the vitriol of a misogynistic public are all on display in Black Box Diaries.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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