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For that reason, Iran’s officers may feel no compulsion to kowtow to Beijing.

From Slate ● May 7, 2026

Mighty Miranda must kowtow to the luxury brands and their ambassadors, whose sponsorship keeps Runway strutting, including the once-harried and humiliated Emily, who is now an executive at Dior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Smaller domestic military budgets also reduce the need for companies to kowtow to politicians by maintaining unprofitable operations in their districts or supporting civilian projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

"They expect to be treated with respect... and they don't expect institutions to kowtow to the United States."

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2021

At his glance, Minli shrank to the ground in a humble kowtow.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin

The head of the department is a micromanager and everyone kowtows to him.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023

“I had to do three kowtows to the sun,” Mr. Hunt told The Guardian.

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

Even when her voice is high and sweet, she never kowtows.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 14, 2019

And then he watches as Katrina kowtows to the Headless Horseman, in fact saving his life but also showing her shifting allegiance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2014

Trees bowed in deep kowtows or broke their backs, a series of snaps like firecrackers popping, until one loud, sickening crack added to the cacophony in the sky.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

It kowtowed to every fashionable agenda to protect its independence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

“They kowtowed to this apparent superstar with poor results.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

Compromised himself in the moment, been less than human, not having to hold on to his dignity so much, and just kowtowed to this guy and got himself home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

David Brent was the personification of what every person loathes about themselves when they inevitably succumb to the workforce—superficial, petty, and incompetent, just like the status quo he kowtowed to.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2016

“You’ve scraped and kowtowed enough, Sonny,” she said.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Bennett argued presciently that by kowtowing to radicals, “a great university was brought low by the very forces which modern universities came into being to oppose: ignorance, irrationality and intimidation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Normally, I wouldn’t suggest kowtowing to the Americans and their strange instance on measuring things their own way.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2025

Those early signs of kowtowing were bad indicators that the members of Youngstown State University’s faculty union just couldn’t get behind.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

"A kowtowing of the East towards the West is not a rising East."

From BBC ● May 1, 2025

Other males and females exhibit their submission to the alpha male by bowing before him while making grunting sounds, not unlike human subjects kowtowing before a king.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari