kneel
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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
“Why are we going to kneel? Why are we going to lower our heads? Why are we going to be afraid?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
Dr Baksheiev and his team would have to use anything available as an examination table, including old sofas, meaning he would have to kneel on the floor to conduct examinations.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
I wander over to another boulder and kneel in front of it, brushing some loose dirt from its face.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
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
Hawk kneels at Tim’s quilt square and gives words to the truth he’s carried in his heart for 3½ decades: “He was the man I loved.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
He kneels in front of me and takes my chin in his hand, moving my head back and forth as if he’s analyzing my graphics and frame rate.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
As they viewed the remains laid out on a white silk sheet, many pilgrims made the sign of the cross, others kneeled down.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 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
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
In the potato-chip aisle, a woman kneeled on the floor, diligently unpacking boxes, filling the shelves with chips, then reversing the process and repeating it several times over.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
Seth kneeled down and put his mouth to Dale’s ear.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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 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
He glanced at Mal, wrapped in her coat, and knelt beside her, as Nighthand had done, to anchor her in place.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
About 40% of people in their 60s have some difficulty crouching, kneeling or stooping.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
He was found kneeling in front of a piano and striking the keys, in apparent distress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
SHANGHAI—The ancient Dragon Flower Temple these days is full of young people burning incense, chanting mantras and kneeling in front of Buddhist statues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
An image widely circulated online in Thailand purported to show Macron kneeling as he presented the awards.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
He stared into the water, first from a few feet away, then, obviously very interested, kneeling down with his face close to the surface.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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