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  • past participle of bend.
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bent

[bent] / bɛnt /




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Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for "Taiwan Travelogue", a playful postcolonial novel with a culinary bent.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The Washington Post’s editorial leadership bent under pressure.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

“A country where formal rules are routinely bent to accommodate political necessity cannot manufacture monetary credibility through institutional design alone,” Mr. Cachanosky argues.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

He prioritized that one above the one next to it that had a bent wheel and frame.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

There was the high bench over which Father had bent for so many years, doing the delicate, painstaking work that was known as the finest in Holland.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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