supplicant
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Four years of war and economic isolation have reduced the Russian president to a supplicant in a relationship growing more imbalanced—and at times tense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Boy Kavalier thinks he’s king of the planet with everyone else supplicant to his will.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
Red Carpet tells the story of how a similar role evolution from outside supplicant to ultimate power broker unfolded in China’s relationship with Hollywood.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2022
She returns to them here like a supplicant at her prayer book: begging to understand them even just a little bit more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
In contrast to the Catholicism of school, the Mexican Catholicism of home was less concerned with man the sinner than with man the supplicant.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Vocabulary lists containing supplicant
The Shining
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