doormat
Example Sentences
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But the seven councils have been given permission to bust the cap without a referendum when bills land on residents' doormats in April.
From BBC
She’s instructing it to read subtle cues, helping steer it toward emotional intelligence so it won’t act like a bully or a doormat.
But at the college level, the powerhouses typically remained the powerhouses while schools like Indiana were their doormats.
Then he transformed Indiana, a longtime Big Ten doormat, into a national championship contender.
Most humans would rather be a doormat than a battering ram, regardless of the urgency or circumstance.
From Los Angeles Times
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