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kneel

verb as in get down on one's knees

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Blanc will reveal the truth, proclaiming his choice to “kneel at the altar of the rational.”

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It took several officers to get Hodgson to kneel on the ground.

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Chicago Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright knelt in memory of the late Laney football coach John Beam after an interception Sunday.

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And then she knelt down in quiet prayer.

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In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.

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