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kneel

[neel] / nil /


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With only 18 seconds left after that game-tying score, the Rams opted to kneel and send the game to overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

The poacher offerered to kneel and apologise, telling Silva that he only came to the field to look at birds.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

He would kneel down on the pavement and look them in the eye, ferry them to appointments, visit them in hospitals, work tirelessly to earn their trust and try to get them into housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

Businessmen from all over Europe would choose your port to set out from if they knew they could kneel at the altar of this champion of mariners.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

Mom moves to kneel in front of me and holds my hands.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks




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