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Recent Examples of grovelOf course, that doesn’t apply in Trump’s government where merit is completely overridden by groveling and total worship of the president.—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025 But the argument that the US has often leveled — that China is a predatory actor on the world stage, using trade and investment to bend countries to its will — has become harder to make in a world where the president of the United States is bragging about the countries coming to grovel before him.—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 It is predicated on fealty to the Big Lie, familial ties and a self-deprecating willingness to grovel before indecency.—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024 One moment involves Dickinson smashing up china and making Romy grovel on the floor to pick up the pieces.—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for grovel
Soon, Kelli’s voice creeps up a few octaves after Brit calls her insecure, prompting her to lay the glam team drama on the table.
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Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
No Liverpool fan can be anything but glowing in their praise of Robertson in a red shirt, but his powers are waning compared with previous seasons as more defensive mistakes crept into his game last season.
When his man left to protect the lane against Gilgeous-Alexander snaking back against the blitz, Williams would get the swing pass from his point guard and attack the rotated defense.
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Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
During the early years, the Pines might have been best known as the home to the Hollywood Sportatorium, where people stuck in a long line of cars snaked along a two-lane road to see rock concerts.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
Just recently the Wizards, whose only NBA championship was as the Bullets in 1979, had the second worst record this season only to miss out on the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes and slide to No.6 in the upcoming draft.
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Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
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NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 June 2025
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