  In the context of zooming maps $f:M \to M$ on a compact metric space $M$,
which include the non-uniformly expanding ones, possibly with the presence of a
critical set, if the map is topologically exact, we prove that a potential
$\phi : M \to \mathbb{R}$ for which the integrals $\int \phi d\mu \geq 0$ with
respect to any $f$-invariant probability $\mu$, admits a coboundary
$\lambda_{0}- \lambda_{0} \circ f$ such that $\phi \geq \lambda_{0}-
\lambda_{0} \circ f$. This extends a result for $C^{1}$-expanding maps on the
circle $\mathbb{T} = \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ to important classes of maps as
uniformly expanding, local diffeomorphisms with non-uniform expansion, Viana
maps, Benedicks-Carleson maps and Rovella maps. We also give an example beyond
the exponential contractions context.
