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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

It took several officers to get Hodgson to kneel on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 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

But when it came time to kneel before the basket, he shook just as badly.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

Down the beach, a young woman kneels, eyes closed, palms up, praying.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

“He kneels down next to me,” he recalled.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

Until someone from the Hallmark store, a woman much nicer than the travel witch, kneels down to you.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

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

Finally, we kneeled, huddled together around the fire and passed around the pot, spooning lentils and rice in our mouths, soft and almost salty, big grins spreading over our faces.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

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

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

"I really only wanted to talk to you for a minute," Anastasia explained, as she knelt beside him.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ulrich Siegmund, tanned and smiling, chatted enthusiastically with the crowd, at one point kneeling to speak with a child in a wheelchair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

In the darkness, partially kneeling, gasping for air and practically immobile, he suffered aftershock after aftershock.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

The human girl is kneeling in front of a huge fireplace, sweeping up ash from the grate.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black