prostrate
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MacAskill also defended his decision to free Megrahi, who had prostrate cancer, in August 2009.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024
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
“You don’t have to prostrate yourself to the usual conformist rules,” a friend tells Jack, explaining hyperlinks but not just that.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023
After the assassination of Darius III by disgruntled Persian nobles that same year, however, Alexander claimed the Persian throne and introduced Persian customs to his court, such as having his subjects prostrate themselves before him.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
He saw the prostrate Livingood surrounded by a crowd that included a dumbfounded and fretful Ernest Lawrence.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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