bending
Example Sentences
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"Imagine bending a flexible ruler, except the bend is squeezed into a space smaller than a billionth of a meter," said Sathvik Ajay Iyengar, a former Rice doctoral student and lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Even now, Harbaugh made clear he wasn’t bending the rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In lieu of engaging in objective analysis, the discipline is shaping, even bending, the truth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
As Canada manager Jesse Marsch said afterwards: "They were bending a little bit but they didn't break."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
In the light of the streetlamp, the leaves were bending upside down like it was going to rain.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
