grovel
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After the commissioner makes this conceited Yank grovel, Marty simply replies, “It’s every man for himself where I come from.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
If they failed to adequately grovel and praise him, he punished their states by delaying the needed supplies and publicly derided them as incompetent.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025
On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul made Suozzi drive to Albany to all but grovel for her support.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023
A Syracuse University dean performed a similar grovel for the same offense.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022
“And she wouldn’t accept it. Well, that happens sometimes. Sometimes we have to grovel to show we really mean it.”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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