As people the world over are choosing to ditch the handshakes and hugs for fear of contracting the coronavirus, namaste is becoming the perfect pandemic greeting.
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You’re going to see a greeting, collect some information, and go solve a problem.
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Clinton, meanwhile, spent several minutes greeting audience members along the rope line and posing for cellphone selfies.
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Later she explains why typical forms of greeting in Sierra Leone, such as shaking hands and hugging, are no longer acceptable.
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According to the recipient of his greeting, Patreese Johnson, he said, “I want some of that” and motioned to her crotch.
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They accuse old friends and colleagues of terrible things, even if they do something simple like return a greeting on Facebook.
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A city bus rolls past; the driver gives a greeting honk and Furry waves.
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Sutton started, and then greeting Foley in his old reserved way, they paced together slowly on the garden path.
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It occurred to him that he ought to go to Big Marsh to-night and convey his mother's greeting.
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It would be quite impossible to describe the joy of the greeting, and the explanations and the reunion that followed.
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He took off his hat, but was so astonished he could scarcely utter a greeting.
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And, if his greeting were less friendly than usual, he was treated to a half of lager later in the day.
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British Dictionary definitions for greeting
greeting
/ (ˈɡriːtɪŋ) /
noun
the act or an instance of welcoming or saluting on meeting
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