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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time, the report may genuflect toward ensuring fairness.
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But it was more like genuflecting in her presence.
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Finally, he stood at one end and genuflected, glancing along the line of posts to see that it was straight.
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He genuflected, slipped into a pew in the middle of the nave and knelt to pray.
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He raised the Host, then genuflected before it.
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I genuflected before the winking sanctuary lamp and concealed myself in one of the side chapels.
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If anything, they are the ones genuflecting.
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The second consequence is that ambitious left-of-centre politicians no longer need to genuflect to the far left to advance their career.