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Recent Examples of grovel
One moment involves Dickinson smashing up china and making Romy grovel on the floor to pick up the pieces.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024
Aren’t the most interesting people the ones who can’t make up their minds about their world, who sometimes sneer and sometimes grovel?
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Park City–Salt Lake City remains the funniest option, after months of groveling from other cities.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
After the fallout of episode 7, plenty of dudes should be grovelling for forgiveness right now.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2024
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024
Aren’t the most interesting people the ones who can’t make up their minds about their world, who sometimes sneer and sometimes grovel?
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Park City–Salt Lake City remains the funniest option, after months of groveling from other cities.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
After the fallout of episode 7, plenty of dudes should be grovelling for forgiveness right now.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grovel
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Gellar chatted with Glamour about the advice her Dexter costar Michael C. Hall told her about returning to an iconic role, her one film her kids don’t find cringe, and her rules for re-creating 90s fashion.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2025
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And everyone would cringe at the thought of disappointing their colleagues.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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But, somehow, life finds a way: The seafloor was crawling with critters of all shapes and sizes, from centuries-old sponges and cup corals to octopuses, snails, worms, sea spiders, icefish and even a rare giant phantom jellyfish.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Wright crawled out of the driver’s side door of the vehicle, Chargualaf said.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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But the Clippers didn’t flinch, shaking off an early 12-point deficit to beat the Cavs, 132-119, in front of an enthusiastic home crowd.—
Janis Carr,
Orange County Register,
19 Mar. 2025
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But at that moment, looking up from the examination table at Tina, her dark hair framing her unsmiling face, Lilian neither hesitated nor flinched.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Charges of price gouging—originally levelled at industrial farmers—were creeping into the sandwich space.—
H. C. Wilentz,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Gill-over-the-ground (also known as creeping charlie), purple dead nettle, henbit and chickweed provide sustenance for early bees, beetles, flies and wasps.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2025
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The top-grossing films of the ’90s, such as Titanic and Jurassic Park, had budgets that would cower in the face of the $300 million+ figures now seen from such fares as the Russo Brothers’ The Electric State, now streaming on Netflix.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2025
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The track-only Bugatti Bolide is one of the very fastest cars in the world, topping out at a claimed 311 mph, which makes mere supercars cower in fear.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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Some 11,000 of them live in the small towns and enclaves linked by two-lane highways and narrow gravel roads snaking through the forest.—
Frank Morris,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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With its warm wood planking, plentiful resting areas, and plantings of long, waving grasses, the park, no matter how crowded, feels like a calm canyon snaking through crumbling tenements and monumental skyscrapers, offering occasional glimpses of the Hudson River beyond.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
13 Mar. 2025
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Tire tread depth - Checking your tire tread before hitting the road is important, as low or no tread can lead to sliding.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Mar. 2025
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The standoff has heightened concerns that the world's newest nation could slide back into conflict some seven years after its emergence from a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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His rapping has a frail, slithering quality; his vocal tone morphs between cute squeakiness and ragged rottweiler growls.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The two-track body of work boasts snakey slithering synths, explosive drops, effervescent sounds, hard-hitting tunes, hypnotic soundscapes and erratic beats that build up into a crescendo followed by techno designed to ignite the dance floor.—
Lisa Kocay,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Grovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grovel. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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