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Recent Examples of grovel
The stringent businessman makes Marty suffer and grovel for his money, at one point exerting his power by spanking the young man’s bare bottom with a wooden ping-pong paddle.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
For all its faults, Survivor stands as the most influential reality TV show of all time, and to see Probst essentially grovel at the feet of Mr. Beast to get some of his audience share is genuinely icky.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Rather than wait it out until January 2029, when magical thinking assumes the current transatlantic nightmare will come to an end, the EU needs to stop groveling and build greater sovereignty.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
Continue reading … POINTING FINGERS – Former vice president accuses newspaper owners of 'groveling' to Trump in new book.
—FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
For all its faults, Survivor stands as the most influential reality TV show of all time, and to see Probst essentially grovel at the feet of Mr. Beast to get some of his audience share is genuinely icky.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Rather than wait it out until January 2029, when magical thinking assumes the current transatlantic nightmare will come to an end, the EU needs to stop groveling and build greater sovereignty.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
Continue reading … POINTING FINGERS – Former vice president accuses newspaper owners of 'groveling' to Trump in new book.
—FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grovel
Verb
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This uber-neurotic comedian, actor, writer and now recording artist has spent the better part of two decades making audiences laugh, cringe, and cry, often within the same breath.—
Brittany Delay,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Dermatologists are literally cringing about it.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The roaches crawling in a drawer with clean utensils and rodent poop on a counter didn’t help.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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For example, the new Canva can crawl the web for breaking tech news overnight, determine what’s trending, then create—and even schedule—social media posts on its own.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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While Western private equity might flinch at short-term volatility, Gulf funds are designed to absorb shocks and hold conviction assets through disruption.—
Winston Ma,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Hutson did not flinch and impacted the game both offensively and defensively, despite being kept off the scoresheet.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Even so, a little magic has crept into the proceedings, with some brands concealing their cleverness in plain sight and others putting more of the horological art on display.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
14 Apr. 2026
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The footage showed Miles tied up to a punching bag while being interrogated by Uncle Aaron and Prowler Miles creeping above on the ceiling.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The world cowers in fear, waiting to see what Homelander will do next, and guess what?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Apr. 2026
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On a night there was something tangible to play for — which might not be the case in the three remaining regular-season games — Erik Spoelstra’s team cowered in the moment, with a 17-point deficit before halftime, a gap that would grow to 27, in what turned into a 121-95 loss at Scotiabank Arena.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Another car snakes down the road.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Londoners won’t queue for just anything, but the coffee and pastries at Jolene are well worth joining the line that often snakes around the corner.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In most of Europe, similar barriers line the sides of cargo trailers, preventing cars from sliding laterally beneath a big rig.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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To avoid bending that may cause an achy back, use a standard garden hoe to slide beneath the gravel and slice weed and grass roots and stems.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Each creature took time to sniff, bite and slither around the shiny prize.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026
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Jason Magee was walking a popular trail in Mission Viejo when a familiar sight caught the corner of his eye — a rattlesnake slithering in the nearby bushes, dangerously close to a skatepark, playground and a dog park.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Grovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grovel. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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