prostrate
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But as Argentine players lay prostrate on the pitch and Argentine fans lost their minds, they didn’t care that it wasn’t pretty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Department of Health and Human Services now requires consent for breast, pelvic, prostrate and rectal exams for “educational and training purposes” performed by medical students, nurse practitioners or physician assistants.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
His famous father also had his own health scare, announcing in 2009 that he had been diagnosed with prostrate cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
He said 'It's to do with your prostrate, you should probably get checked'.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022
Commoners had to prostrate themselves before high-ranking chiefs.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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In her 1910 autobiography, she wrote of the Santa Ana wind that “its breath dries up the plants, gives headaches to people, and prostrates them … it uproots trees, tears off roofs, and devastates fields.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Marianne & Leonard prostrates itself at the feet of Ihlen’s beauty and celebrates her nurturing spirit but doesn’t seem interested in her inner life, or indeed her suffering.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2019
Fazal’s Karim smiles a lot, seems absolutely enchanted by English weather and, at their second meeting, without provocation, prostrates himself to kiss Victoria’s feet.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 25, 2017
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The other prostrates himself, back bent, head lowered, with his right arm outstretched over clusters of bananas and other produce offered as homage to the allegorical queen.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2016
It prostrates itself before the rich and seeks the patronage of the great.
From Modern Substitutes for Christianity by Muir, Pearson McAdam
Some clasped their hands together, while others prostrated themselves.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
In a dramatic gesture at the Vatican in 2019, Pope Francis prostrated himself and kissed the shoes of Mr. Kiir and Mr. Machar.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
At another point of the ceremony, the nine lay prostrated on a carpet in front of the basilica’s central altar in a sign of obedience, humility and giving of oneself.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2021
“The French justice system has prostrated itself before a writer,” said Mehana Mouhou, a lawyer involved in the suit against the author.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
"It is mine," the young king said as he prostrated himself on the floor.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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A few months before Khan was elected prime minister, local media carried photos of the couple prostrating at the Baba Farid shrine.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2023
But it was his act of prostrating in prayer after goals that reverberated in the wider global consciousness, even among those who don't follow football.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022
In a mainly Latinx suburb in Florida, neighbors greet each morning by prostrating themselves before mute, bird-bodied angels that sit and s**t on their roofs.
From Salon ● May 17, 2021
The kowtow meant prostrating oneself before the emperor or a patriarch and knocking one’s head on the ground.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2020
There was, after all, a trail of prostrating visitors to Chief’s house, relatives and friends bringing other relatives and friends, their pockets full of requests and appeals.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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