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bend

[bend] / bɛnd /




VERB
persuade; influence
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Others said OpenAI was bending to financial incentives to try to make people attached to its models, people familiar with their thinking said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wind whips hair across your face as you bend over to pick up the perfect bit of seaweed.

From Salon

Taylor said Lonsdale failed to notice a sign warning of the bend before her car left the road and hit a tree.

From BBC

I look away from him, bending down so I’m eye level with Teddy.

From Literature

When I looked over, she was bending back up from putting something under her seat.

From Literature