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kneel

[neel] / nil /


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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

The poacher offerered to kneel and apologise, telling Silva that he only came to the field to look at birds.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

"You don’t know whether to stand . . . or kneel."

From Salon • May 13, 2025

Businessmen from all over Europe would choose your port to set out from if they knew they could kneel at the altar of this champion of mariners.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

I couldn’t help the tears that broke my face into a million bits, which made her kneel and hold me.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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