bowing
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AI’s creators are bowing to Clarke when they admit they don’t actually know if a system will escape containment, or exactly how it decided to, and where it will go next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The final act in the ring was to sweep past Flora Pili to cement her legacy in Ireland and beyond, bowing out as a three-time and two-weight undisputed champion.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
A Jerusalem cafe picketed for weeks by observant Jews said Thursday it had agreed to shut on the Sabbath, bowing to demands despite counter-protests by secular Israelis.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Let’s take a moment of silence for all those who were taken,” Clarke said, bowing her head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Aunt Kitty and I did our fair share of gracious dipping and bowing and bobbing, then we tromped off toward the table.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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“I changed his position, his bowings, his fingerings, and I was just in absolute shock that he was able to take everything in so quickly. I knew I was working with somebody special.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2021
He imported bowings — the directional movements of the bow arm that are to string playing what the flow of breath is to singing — from the scores he had used at the Gewandhaus.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2015
The position — which was previously held by Peter Stumpf, who stepped down in 2012 — also entails administrative responsibility, including artistic issues, like bowings, and personnel matters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2014
Whatever the work, he insisted on using his own set of parts, and for those that he played with "modern" as well as "period" orchestras, he had two sets with appropriate bowings.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2010
Finally, with many thank-yous and bowings and scrapings and warmest wishes to their beautiful wives and distinguished husbands, he departed the room.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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