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Recent Examples of grovel
After the fallout of episode 7, plenty of dudes should be grovelling for forgiveness right now.
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Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2024
Like many — including the groveling Rubio, Scott and Stefanik — Johnson was once a Trump critic.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
At which point, according to her friends, Brenner would grovel and beg her to keep him.
—Lisa Depaulo, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
The man, referred to in court documents as John Doe #2, pleaded with the crowd to not beat him up, according to prosecutors, and groveled while on his knees.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2024
Like many — including the groveling Rubio, Scott and Stefanik — Johnson was once a Trump critic.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
At which point, according to her friends, Brenner would grovel and beg her to keep him.
—Lisa Depaulo, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
The man, referred to in court documents as John Doe #2, pleaded with the crowd to not beat him up, according to prosecutors, and groveled while on his knees.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grovel
Verb
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Robinson and Richardson cringe while the three teens scream in horror.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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Environmentalists cringe at the implications for climate change — electricity generation accounts for one-quarter of U.S. carbon emissions, according to the EPA — but miners welcome the shift.—
Matthew Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack went crawling back to Bliss.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Did your skin start crawling off your body in secondhand embarrassment as Mark and Helly just kind of wobbled around in that hallway almost kissing for almost 40 damn seconds?—
Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Members of this family could walk over hot coals without flinching.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
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Page, a fixture on the vaunted Vikings defensive line, fired into Mack claiming the Rams left guard had flinched before the snap.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Tocqueville paradox nicely captures the idea of concept creep and explains how people today can be outraged at (historically speaking) minor social injustices, despite being surrounded by (historically speaking) unprecedented equality.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Unfortunately, that’s what’s creeping into our city under current leadership.—
Timothy “Chaz” Stevens,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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But by the same token, Connelly’s limp, cowering response was a microcosm of years of Democratic failure to meet the moment.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
7 Feb. 2025
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Nearly 10 inches fell on parts of the Panhandle on Tuesday, Jan. 21, and rather than cower inside, some saw it as a perfect chance to go all Fast and Furious.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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Long-range attacks have been a feature of the nearly three-year war, where on the front line snaking about 600 miles from northeast to southern Ukraine, the armies have been engaged in a war of attrition.—
Hanna Arhirova and Yehor Konovalov,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Broadley’s African house snakes live in a variety of habitats, including woodlands and grasslands, from elevations of about 2,400 to 9,800 feet, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2025
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The setup permits two types of motion: sliding and rotating.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2025
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Bitcoin dropped below $100,000 before sliding further to $92,000, marking one of its steepest declines since early January.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Sociable Rat came first, kind and gentle Pig came last, and slithering in at number six was Snake.—
Ryley Graham,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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But a snake slithering across the top step of the dugout when your team is trailing by six runs in the fifth inning of a National League Championship Series game?—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
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“Grovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grovel. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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