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  • Groveling around us were Pedro's mangy curs, feline and canine, and the dust was dotted with rusty tins, old shoes, plastic bags, broken bottles.

    A Conversation with Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over Lemons 2010

  • * Groveling walkback of the day: Karl Rove, under fire from Rush Limbaugh, insists he really didn't mean to offend the Tea Party when he said it was "not sophisticated."

    The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2010

  • So The Godly Groveling True Women believes that she must (as it were) rent her womb to God in order to embrace "fruitful femininity."

    Frank Schaeffer: God vs. Women 2010

  • So The Godly Groveling True Women believes that she must (as it were) rent her womb to God in order to embrace "fruitful femininity."

    Frank Schaeffer: God vs. Women 2010

  • According to this view -- of what I'll call Godly Groveling Women -- women must "honor the God-ordained male headship" of their husbands by allowing their Men to rule them.

    Frank Schaeffer: God vs. Women 2010

  • According to this view -- of what I'll call Godly Groveling Women -- women must "honor the God-ordained male headship" of their husbands by allowing their Men to rule them.

    Frank Schaeffer: God vs. Women 2010

  • Groveling now: So, Meade, I'm sorry for the snark.

    Looking ahead. Ann Althouse 2009

  • MOOS: "Groveling apology, wimp sucks up" -- critics are reveling in the Republican National Committee chairman's backpedaling on what he said about rush.

    CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2009 2009

  • Groveling to them with a carrot and a stick has failed miserably, only cementing the concept that they will receive a state despite continuing terrorism.

    Wanted! For Mission Impossible 2009

  • Pimping and Groveling by Mad Jayhawk on Monday, Feb 11, 2008 at 7: 23: 23 PM

    In Defense Of David Schuster 2008

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