meekly

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Makeshift opener Travis Head hit an explosive 69-ball century to power Australia to victory in a high-octane first Ashes Test on Saturday after a shell-shocked England meekly surrendered in the Perth Stadium cauldron.

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Makeshift opener Travis Head smacked an explosive 69-ball century to power Australia to victory in a high-octane first Ashes Test on Saturday as England meekly surrendered in the Perth Stadium cauldron.

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She has cowed everyone into meekly enduring her tirades and ludicrous self-serving rhetoric.

From Washington Post

But in Kabul, where economic freedom and human rights have made real inroads, Afghans may yet make a stand for modernity rather than return meekly to the Taliban’s dark age.

From Washington Post

Talking tough, the statement meekly asked China “to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially in relation to Xinjiang and those rights, freedoms and a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong.”

From Washington Times