genuflection
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He saw the tribal genuflection as “an empty, performative act” that implied “UW’s presence is somehow illegitimate, shameful, morally wrong.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
At earlier hearings, university presidents opted for strategies of conciliatory genuflection or drab, lawyerly answers.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
“It’s gracious. It makes a genuflection in the direction of Biden and America without actually giving anything away.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Pay close attention to appreciate the artful genuflection to classics like "Excalibur."
From Salon ● May 21, 2021
Mechanically she dipped her fingers into the holy water, she made her genuflection to the altar, and knelt down in one of the back rows.
From The Marriage of William Ashe by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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