genuflect

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Shows like “Top Chef” teach us to genuflect at the altars of celebrity culinarians, viewing their restaurants and signature dishes as luxury experiences as opposed to showing regular folks how to think innovatively about dinner.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

But beyond the ambition to warp genres, he’s also refused to genuflect to industry conventions, especially ones for Spanish-speaking artists.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

It appeared in one of the thousands of recently released emails in which Dr. Fauci asserts in part: “I genuflect to no one but science.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021

“Instead, the faithful are requested to genuflect or make a profound bow as they venerate the cross,” said Archbishop Romulo Valles, who heads the bishops’ conference.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2020

If I do it just right, the crowd gasps aloud — they genuflect, weep, stretch their hands out, and touch.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz