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While he did receive support, he couldn’t anticipate Nate Boyer’s attempts to profit from the protest and steal credit from Kaepernick teammate Eric Reid for the idea to kneel.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

With only 18 seconds left after that game-tying score, the Rams opted to kneel and send the game to overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

In another instance captured on video, a U.S. citizen is splayed out on a sidewalk in El Monte as two men with vests that read “Border Patrol” kneel over him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

Flood waters also rushed through subway stations in New York City on Monday evening, pouring into subway cars and forcing passengers to kneel on their seats to avoid getting wet.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

I kneel and pick up a seashell fragment.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

In another, “Mao’s Guilt,” the late Chinese leader kneels with his hand over his heart, seemingly in a display of penance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Seeing all this, a woman kneels and cries out between sobs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Afterward, the individual moves into the home’s front yard, kneels on the ground and tries to pick up the cat, which the post said is named Piper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

The croc is famously seen in the scene where Kozlowski's character is attacked as she kneels next to a creek.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024

She kneels and cups one of the petals, which looks like it’s been sprayed with glitter.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

On Tuesday in Glen Allen, onlookers kneeled and offered fruit, police officers shook the monks' hands, and the monks presented people with blessing threads and other gifts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

South Florida's NBC6 reports the men kneeled, clapped their hands together, and waved their shirts at the passing helicopter.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

And then finally, a few minutes later, the wing, kneeled, retrieved it and, after dropping it on the floor, placed it back in his mouth.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

Before chairs with a back and arm rests debuted as a status symbol among ancient Egyptians about 5,000 years ago, he says that humans mostly kneeled or squatted for about 2 million years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

I kneeled next to Rondell and rolled his big head to the side a little so I could get my book, Of Mice and Men, out of his bag.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Some players knelt at the final whistle, head down, staring at the turf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

When they walked from the military transports, some of them knelt on the tarmac and kissed the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

She knelt in front of the first officer she saw, told him she’d fled the colectivos, and pleaded for a chance to seek asylum.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

On reaching his hundred, Head saluted the crowd and then knelt to kiss a batting surface that treats him so well.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

Wishing she could share his confidence, Renn knelt and fumbled in her pack for a salmon cake to give to Wolf.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

About 40% of people in their 60s have some difficulty crouching, kneeling or stooping.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"London, I'm going to need you to help me on this one," she said, kneeling down to be near the audience throughout the performance.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

He was found kneeling in front of a piano and striking the keys, in apparent distress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

A resident driving in the area where the fire started spotted a man kneeling in grass before standing up and “looking very nervous,” Nowels said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

He was kneeling behind the fence, rubbing the dog's head, its tongue slapping the old man's cheek.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds