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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

In another instance captured on video, a U.S. citizen is splayed out on a sidewalk in El Monte as two men with vests that read “Border Patrol” kneel over him.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

"You don’t know whether to stand . . . or kneel."

From Salon • May 13, 2025

I kneel in front of her, searching her face for a signal to stay.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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