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Recent Examples of kowtow The settlement sparked a backlash from both sides of the political aisle, with one half framing it as a dishonest entity being justly punished and the other accusing the news outlet of kowtowing to Trump. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 SoftBank’s commitment comes on the heels of many Big Tech executives kowtowing to the president-elect—and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman all announcing $1 million donations to Trump’s inaugural fund. Megan Poinski, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Any hint Modi’s government was kowtowing to U.S. pressure on Russia would have been met with widespread domestic disapproval. Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2024 It has also been suggested that Kyiv should agree not to pursue NATO membership for 20 years, a stipulation that critics of this plan argue kowtows to Putin. Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for kowtow 
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  • Palmieri also has a 16-team no-trade list but, like Nelson, certainly should not be fussed about being moved to a Cup contender for a few months.
    Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Later that day, the boys fuss around their grandmother at the dinner table.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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  • Hamlet’s toadying friends, the hangers-on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, are Izzard’s own talking hands, popping up to face her like a pair of Muppets.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
  • This is the aspect of his production that made his reputation but is sometimes denigrated as superficial and toadying.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
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  • In babies and toddlers, the first signs, such as drooling and scratching, may appear mild.
    Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Public health officials are urging residents who may have fed their pets Monarch raw products or other raw meat or dairy products, and who may have noticed their pet acting peculiar — lethargic, loss of motor control, drooling, etc. — to immediately contact their veterinarian.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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  • Garbarino enjoyed his time with the Southern river rats and mountain folk, and their refusal to truckle to authority delights him to this day.
    David Samuels, Town & Country, 18 Oct. 2013
  • During the campaign, most of Trump’s fallen rivals blasted him in exceptional terms—before truckling to support him against Hillary Clinton.
    James Fallows, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2017
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  • Prior to Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, digital-currency exchange Crypto.com submitted a similar filing to tap into sports betting.
    Stuart Dyos, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Within 60 days, heads of nearly a dozen federal agencies will have to submit regulatory recommendations to the chair.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Revelers fawned over the over-the-top ice sculptures serving up Silent Pool gin martinis, and caviar bites thanks to Aureta, whose very own caviar tins come labeled with her name and likeness.
    Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Ebeling and Alvarez continued to shoot projects together and frequently sent each other mutually fawning messages.
    E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024

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