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curtsy

[kurt-see] / ˈkɜrt si /


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He has them doing hip thrusts, banded side lunges, goblet curtsy squats and cable kickbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Valerie’s career is a long curtsy to declining standards and compromises; her 2014 journey thumbed its nose at the town’s prestige-chasing.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

"I don't know, I just do. When you love it, you do it, right? 'Don't sleep, don't eat, just do it on repeat,' to quote myself," she said with a mock curtsy.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

All you can do is curtsy and move on to the next category.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

She swept into the smoothest curtsy I’d ever seen.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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