kneeling

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That same year, he and his deputies were photographed kneeling and speaking with protesters in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, an action he has since recast as praying.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

In the full video, Woods appears calm, kneeling on one knee as he tells officers: "I looked down at my phone, and all of a sudden, boom."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

In one striking photo, a kneeling US pilot is confronted by a Kuwaiti local, moments after parachuting from his jet.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Awakening, he found “a hazy figure kneeling next to me, pulling me up, and talking in a loud, strange voice: ‘You are free!

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

It was under the pew behind us so I crawled under ours, over the kneeling bench, and stretched to get the shoe.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago