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bowed

/ ʊ /

adjective

  1. lowered; bent forward; curved

    bowed back

    bowed head

  2. bowed down
    foll byby or with weighed down; troubled

    bowed down by grief

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Showman Usyk high-fived his team, bowed to around 50 or so members of the media and sang along to a Ukrainian song.

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"I understand why the administration is bowed up and said we won't admit it's a mistake because if they do they'll have their throats torn out. But it was a screw-up."

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It might explain why China has not bowed to Trump's threats, retaliating instead with 125% levies on US imports.

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And then there are the images of the migrants deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, shackled one behind the other in prison garb, their heads bowed and shaven.

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Lesotho appears to have bowed to pressure from the Trump administration by announcing on Monday that it had given a 10-year licence to Starlink.

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