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While he did receive support, he couldn’t anticipate Nate Boyer’s attempts to profit from the protest and steal credit from Kaepernick teammate Eric Reid for the idea to kneel.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Why are we going to kneel? Why are we going to lower our heads? Why are we going to be afraid?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Once, during a demonstration outside a cafeteria, as police were about to arrest the demonstrators, Jackson suggested they kneel and recite the Lord’s Prayer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

Dr Baksheiev and his team would have to use anything available as an examination table, including old sofas, meaning he would have to kneel on the floor to conduct examinations.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

If you step in the center of the ring, kneel down and make a wish, the wish will come true.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

In another, “Mao’s Guilt,” the late Chinese leader kneels with his hand over his heart, seemingly in a display of penance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Seeing all this, a woman kneels and cries out between sobs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

"He used to fight with me, but he also loved me," 10-year-old Asma says as she kneels at her younger brother's graveside.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Then this glass box, multipurpose space, lobby cafe — it all kneels down to the community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

He kneels beneath the cell window, closes his eyes, and prays for the soul of his neighbor.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

On Tuesday in Glen Allen, onlookers kneeled and offered fruit, police officers shook the monks' hands, and the monks presented people with blessing threads and other gifts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

South Florida's NBC6 reports the men kneeled, clapped their hands together, and waved their shirts at the passing helicopter.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

Before chairs with a back and arm rests debuted as a status symbol among ancient Egyptians about 5,000 years ago, he says that humans mostly kneeled or squatted for about 2 million years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

In the potato-chip aisle, a woman kneeled on the floor, diligently unpacking boxes, filling the shelves with chips, then reversing the process and repeating it several times over.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024

Ben kneeled above me, but the sky was getting dim behind him.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Some players knelt at the final whistle, head down, staring at the turf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Thailand's foreign ministry denied Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron knelt before the country's king during his state visit to Paris this week, after an AI-generated picture circulated online.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

When they walked from the military transports, some of them knelt on the tarmac and kissed the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

She knelt in front of the first officer she saw, told him she’d fled the colectivos, and pleaded for a chance to seek asylum.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

Wishing she could share his confidence, Renn knelt and fumbled in her pack for a salmon cake to give to Wolf.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

About 40% of people in their 60s have some difficulty crouching, kneeling or stooping.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

In the video, Woods appears calm, kneeling on one knee as he tells officers: "I looked down at my phone, and all of a sudden, boom".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

He was found kneeling in front of a piano and striking the keys, in apparent distress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

SHANGHAI—The ancient Dragon Flower Temple these days is full of young people burning incense, chanting mantras and kneeling in front of Buddhist statues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

I looked at my sister kneeling beside me in the light of burning Holland.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom