The leader of Alberta’s left-wing New Democratic Party accused Mr. Kenney of knuckling under to “criminals.”

China’s largest oil company, like customers in some other countries, seemed to be knuckling under to U.S.

As for Democrats, the next best thing to conviction is a sham trial in which Republicans are rightfully seen as knuckling under to Trumpov.

For today, though, it’s enough that the biggest guy on the block has begun knuckling under to reality—a reality that Fink acknowledges will only grow larger.

As for McConnell, he declared he is “proud of my members for not knuckling under to those kind of moblike tactics.”