bowing
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After all, PlayStation does have a reputation for bowing to its most feral customers’ demands throughout the decades.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
For a team whose signature was bowing out of major tournaments in a storm of self-sabotage and self-loathing, surviving this trip south of the border erased years of heartbreak—but only for a moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
That may explain why this creature of the theater who was so graceful leading an orchestra and so enjoyed talking to the audience turned stiff and awkward when bowing to acknowledged applause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Footage from the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency, showed hundreds of mourners bowing their heads in front of a group of at least 18 coffins draped in the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
The dancer was there, smiling at him and bowing for him, changing from splendid orange to icy green to iridescent purple.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
“I changed his position, his bowings, his fingerings, and I was just in absolute shock that he was able to take everything in so quickly. I knew I was working with somebody special.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2021
When they would occasionally pause to shape a phrase, confer on bowings or toss out thoughts, they seemed receptive to one another’s ideas and fast to incorporate them into their playing.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2016
The position — which was previously held by Peter Stumpf, who stepped down in 2012 — also entails administrative responsibility, including artistic issues, like bowings, and personnel matters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2014
Whatever the work, he insisted on using his own set of parts, and for those that he played with "modern" as well as "period" orchestras, he had two sets with appropriate bowings.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2010
Finally, with many thank-yous and bowings and scrapings and warmest wishes to their beautiful wives and distinguished husbands, he departed the room.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
