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For foreign businesses, self-censorship and kowtowing to the CCP is common in China.

In kowtowing to pressure from abortion activists, the Democrats have created a significant problem for themselves in 2012.

When President Obama delayed his meeting with the Dalai Lama last October, his opponents accused him of kowtowing to China.

And all the young professors kowtowing, and the nice undergraduates to dance with—and what a wonderful place to live!

It was a relief to get back into action, even if it meant putting up with the kowtowing I always got.

Kowtowing to them Portuguese because a few folks that's sorry for them have made them presents.

I won't have you fighting with buyers, taking their insults, kowtowing to them, salving them.

The boatman shook with fear, and, kowtowing before Ping Wang, groaned aloud.

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On this page you'll find 126 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to kowtowing, such as: flattering, bootlicking, bowing, cowering, crawling, and cringing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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