groveler

Definition of grovelernext

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Noun
  • The fire caused widespread damage and injured one worshipper.
    Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • But outside of the horror community and cult-movie devotees, there’s still ample misunderstanding about what Faces of Death really is — and that’s not likely to be remedied by the arrival of Daniel Goldhaber’s 2026 film, Faces of Death, now hitting theaters after a lengthy postproduction delay.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But what about something for the wrestling devotees?
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Set in the last year of World War II on the remote North Sea island of Amrum, the story is told from the point of view of 12-year-old Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck), whose zealot mother (Laura Tonke) is raising him as a good Nazi while his father fights in the war.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Clara Molot talks to the zealots who are holding the line.
    Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The three-day event draws more than 100,000 fans every year for the festival, which headlines largely country music acts while raising money for marine conservation.
    Joan Murray, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The fan tried to offer some context.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • To make our lineup, The Times surveyed more than 200 authors, publishers, journalists and general book club enthusiasts to select the best book club reads in 10 categories, including romance, mystery, memoir and literary fiction.
    Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Domestic print and digital entertainment like this tends to thrust enthusiasts into a niche, like drifting or stance culture.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There’s an incredible sequence where Zazie Beetz’s character fights cultists with a flaming axe.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The film also features performances from Emma Chamberlain as traumatized former employee/cultist Pickle and Gabrielle Union as store manager Sharon, who’s been hired to keep the ladies in line after a tragedy recently struck the store.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Nobody wanted to go there — well, except the oil and gas companies aching to root around for black gold, and their most loyal minions in high places.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Israel is also a part of the ceasefire but was subjected to a last-minute barrage of missile attacks today from Iran and its minions.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And the twist here – Agathe is more of an Austen idolater than an Austen protagonist – is fresh.
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
  • The Founding Fathers knew of the fate of the 3,000 idolaters who prayed at the golden calf while Moses conversed with God on Mount Sinai, and of the money-changers driven from the Temple by Jesus.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024
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“Groveler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groveler. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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