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
So, too, did the bowing of heads after the ball hit the net as this side's confidence plummeted further.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
Podcasts can run forever, but some hosts are bowing out as celebrities and YouTube dominate the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
"I assume full responsibility for this defeat," an ashen-faced Jospin announced, bowing out of politics to howls of dismay from supporters.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
Suddenly Uncle George did a pigeon wing, and bowing low before Grandma he began to jig.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
She couldn’t stop herself from stealing a peek at the school conductor’s score, copying bowings and poring over the details, but she didn’t indulge any dreams of taking the podium herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
“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
For the first time they were rehearsed properly, with clear phrasing, articulations and unified bowings for the string players.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020
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
