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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
grovel .
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Examples
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I'm certain there are many traditionally liberal minded Jews who will indeed vote for him, but where is the evidence that he 'grovels' to them.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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He grovels, he courts Lancaster, does him favors, anything so that he can stop living a dog-eat-dog life.
Lev Raphael: The Story Behind Tony Curtis' Sweet Smell of Success Lev Raphael 2010
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Imagine that as the guy with the Will-Work-4-Food sign grovels as the freeway offramp, he's rewarded not with some middle-class cheapskate's Starbucks change, but with a small diamond!
Doug Molitor: Buddy, Can You Spare a Diamond? Doug Molitor 2010
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Imagine that as the guy with the Will-Work-4-Food sign grovels as the freeway offramp, he's rewarded not with some middle-class cheapskate's Starbucks change, but with a small diamond!
Doug Molitor: Buddy, Can You Spare a Diamond? Doug Molitor 2010
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Imagine that as the mooch with the Will-Work-4-Food sign grovels as the freeway offramp, he's rewarded not with some middle-class cheapskate's Starbucks change, but with a small diamond!
Doug Molitor: Buddy, Can You Spare a Diamond? - 12 Reasons to Extend Tax Cuts for the Rich Doug Molitor 2010
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He grovels, he courts Lancaster, does him favors, anything so that he can stop living a dog-eat-dog life.
Lev Raphael: The Story Behind Tony Curtis' Sweet Smell of Success Lev Raphael 2010
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An obsequious Deng grovels to Mao after the death of a second designated successor, Lin Biao.
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Dembski posted Penance among the pagans: Robert Wright grovels before George Johnson at UD.
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He grovels, he courts Lancaster, does him favors, anything so that he can stop living a dog-eat-dog life.
Lev Raphael: The Story Behind Tony Curtis' Sweet Smell of Success Lev Raphael 2010
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Now every NASA Center in the agency grovels for funding from Houston, as the Bush administration moved all the the bean counter accounting charge codes to his home state.
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