bending

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He traces how women’s-rights advocates, labor reformers and other movements seized the language of 1776 to press their own demands, bending its promises toward new ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Their reliability depends heavily on how accurately scientists can determine the masses of the galaxies bending the light, since those masses control the strength of the lensing effect.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

"We are bending backwards to help but we don't have a magic wand," she said, calling on African governments to help with tax breaks and investments of their own.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

McIlroy briefly reclaimed a one-shot lead but gave that back with a bogey on 17, bending over in exasperation when he left a par putt just short.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

I wished I could hurry home with it, pail and all, bending a little, the wire handles making ridges in my fingers.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff