groveler

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Noun
  • But the Democratic coalition, and thus all the important institutions in his state, is run by zealots on the trans issue.
    The Editors, National Review, 4 June 2025
  • Critics argued that Angel was essentially goosing its own box office receipts by persuading a passionate fan base to bankroll phantom tickets: enamored zealots shelling out for empty seats.
    Calum Marsh, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the breakthrough rediscovery of the SS Nemesis didn’t come from shipwreck devotees.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
  • If Formula 1 devotees and fellow drivers don’t like the film, Hamilton will surely feel it on tour.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Brit Page himself has been a popular fan pick to play 007 since his breakout starring turn in the first season of Netflix/Shondaland’s Bridgerton.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2025
  • Despite my nitpicks, comic book fans will be excited by this addition to the DC canon.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Jo Beckett-King, The House of Found Objects (A Bea Bellerose Mystery #1) Simon & Schuster, July 29 recommended for ages 8-12 Young codebreakers and puzzle enthusiasts will enjoy solving riddles and clues alongside the characters in this new middle grade mystery.
    Caroline Carlson June 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • The technology quickly gained the support of tech giants, major brands and open-source enthusiasts.
    Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Players are ordinary people who are drawn into a secret world of secretive cultists, unknowable horrors and mind shattering revelations.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Musk was certainly behaving like a moonstruck cultist.
    Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Her niftiest fight sequence looks like abstract art: a stark black-and-white aerial pan of her shadow battling minions down a hallway.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • Negan banished him and seized control of the Dama’s minions.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Throngs of idolaters gather just to watch the team buses arrive.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • The mosasaur has henchman spinosaurs – a nice touch – while a titanosaurus couple shares a loving moment (which gets interrupted by some pesky humans).
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 July 2025
  • Malaparte, by then, was making his name as one of Mussolini’s highbrow henchmen.
    Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
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“Groveler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groveler. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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