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kneel

[neel] / nil /


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With only 18 seconds left after that game-tying score, the Rams opted to kneel and send the game to overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Dr Baksheiev and his team would have to use anything available as an examination table, including old sofas, meaning he would have to kneel on the floor to conduct examinations.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

"You don’t know whether to stand . . . or kneel."

From Salon • May 13, 2025

“Oohs” rippled through the class as students began to kneel down in position to begin the choreography.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

She had the look of a queen to her—or not that, he thought: someone to whom a queen would kneel.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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