bend
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Shortly before Friday's showpiece event, Hughes had led the 200m final coming off the bend but was overhauled by Germany's fast-finishing Owen Ansah, who took victory in 19.95 seconds.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Wilson was careful not to imply quantum is right around the bend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“We’re optimistic that new leadership can bend the curve on traffic, but remain realistic that direct competitors have also gotten noticeably sharper, and the planned initiatives will take time to bear fruit,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
Hours before he backed down, an ally of Infantino’s told the Financial Times that he would not bend, seeing the standoff as “a fight to the death.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
I bend down and clip the leash to his collar.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Part of that attention is aimed at Burwell’s score, a masterpiece of electronic minimalism in which pitch bends and hard clashes create the dread and whiplash that make the film so tense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
These kinds of investigations hint at a larger reality in the Ecuadorean province, where modern life bends around an ecosystem so fiercely safeguarded that wildlife effectively holds legal right of way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
As the tectonic plate bends near the subduction zone, fractures develop, allowing the magma to rise through the crust, much like liquid being squeezed from a sponge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the lower tier of London Stadium, all adult tickets we saw were £95 - or £65 with an obstructed view - on the back straight and two bends.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
He bends down to pick up a stray weed in the middle of the grass.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Emhoff subsequently made known his unhappiness with the firm’s capitulation, though he’s stopped short of quitting — as some have urged — to protest its bended knee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
His colleagues celebrated his candidacy by circulating an image of him on bended knee praying for divine guidance with other lawmakers on the House floor.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
She says in the show: “Here I am, coming to you, prime minister, on bended knee, for the sign-off, but I’m hoping that will be a formality.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
Just weeks later, he went down on bended knee at an Oxford ball.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
She did not love him any more now, would not let him come near her if he were to pray for it on bended knees.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
“Right at the point where I put force on the pitch, the point where my arm is back and bent, something happened,” he told Sports Illustrated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Jewish holiday Purim celebrates their triumph roughly 2,500 years ago over a minister to the king bent on annihilating the empire’s Jews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
After tugging his short shot at history left of the hole, Herbert bent over in disappointment before composing himself to tap in.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The hood is bent, the radiator is cracked, and the front bumper is destroyed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
He sat up on his tail end, as stiff as a broom handle, with his small front paws bent downward.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Advertisers are bending over backwards to fit “maxxing” into their marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
At that time, theoretical physicist Vincent Meunier predicted that sharply bending graphene could rearrange its electrons and create an electrical response.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Even now, Harbaugh made clear he wasn’t bending the rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
As Canada manager Jesse Marsch said afterwards: "They were bending a little bit but they didn't break."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Some missed, but a spattering caught the right flame; Christopher threw again, and again, bending to kneel in the wet dirt and hurl mud at the creature.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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