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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

It took several officers to get Hodgson to kneel on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

It’s kind of like Ramses in the movie “The Ten Commandments” when he says, “Command them to kneel before Pharaoh.”

From Salon • Apr. 24, 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

I kneel and whisper in her ear: “Nutty up, nutty down, nutty good day all around. Bye, Boo.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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