bowed

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Kirk also bowed out of scheduled appearances in Plano, Texas, and at Iowa State University.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

He later said that: "Whilst I think the department felt under pressure, we were proud of the fact we'd not bowed to that pressure."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Ellison’s Paramount Skydance prevailed in a nearly six-month bidding war in late February after Netflix bowed out when the elder Ellison agreed to financially back his son’s $111-billion deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

I didn’t fully become One with a ring until this January when my extremely fit, pickleball-playing sister-in-law bowed out one morning from a family hike at the urging of her ring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

With my head bowed, and not even looking at him, I walked by within ten feet of him.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls