knelt
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Tofino approached each of his handlers in turn as they knelt in shallow water and stroked his sides.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Some players knelt at the final whistle, head down, staring at the turf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Thailand's foreign ministry denied Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron knelt before the country's king during his state visit to Paris this week, after an AI-generated picture circulated online.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Protesters, some wearing clerical stoles draped over their shoulders, knelt while singing hymns and reciting the Lord’s Prayer in frigid conditions before being handcuffed and led away, video showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
She swung herself over the rim of the fountain and knelt in the shallow water, cupping the water over the griffin’s body so that she could find the source of the blood.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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