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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
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Tireless journalists, this paper is filled with them, cringe at this behavior.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Online, this aversion to cringe has taken many forms.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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However, during one segment of the performance, a snake reportedly bit the German tourist after crawling into his clothing.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Wages for hourly employees have crawled, while the paychecks of investors and executives have soared.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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San Antonio featured four regulars –De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell and Dylan Harper — and yet Denver’s unknowns refused to flinch.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
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Meta Platforms is splashing some serious cash on AI infrastructure, and investors have flinched.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Win it, and suddenly the series tightens, the doubt creeps in and the path gets a lot more complicated for Orlando.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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For another easy-to-care-for choice that relishes sunlight, look to creeping juniper and its beautifully hazy blue-green leaves.—
Melissa Epifano,
The Spruce,
28 Apr. 2026
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One of the dogs ran off while the other cowered under a vehicle parked in the resident’s driveway.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
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In perhaps the most delightful footage shown in Monday's afternoon presentation, Shaun the Sheep and his farm-dwelling friends cower in fear as the titular beast arrives in their home.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Apr. 2026
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Attendees began lining up outside the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena hours before the event and as the start time ticked closer, the line snaked far down the sidewalk and began wrapping around the dome where the University of Idaho football team plays.—
Saige Miller,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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Then in 2022, Rich Strike got into the field only because another horse withdrew the day before and snaked through the home stretch to win at odds longer than 80-1.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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Based on its category classification, the robot knows its physical limits, which prevents it from crashing and dynamically redirects the movement to safely slide or traverse along the edge of the singularity boundary.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2026
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Finally, a second staffer laid a towel over the jerseys, tamped it down a little more, and the two of them carefully slid the slab on top, the two metal latches closing without any effort.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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An unseasonable weather pattern that included heavy rain and sweltering heat served as a signal for rattlesnakes to slither out of their underground winter burrows in search of food and mates.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Before each take, creator and showrunner Sam Levinson would make a hand gesture like a slithering snake — Akinnuoye-Agbaje demonstrates it — to evoke the energy Alamo should have.—
Molly Lambert,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Grovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grovel. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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