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untwist

[uhn-twist] / ʌnˈtwɪst /










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ProPublica is setting out to untwist this Rubik’s Cube in a series of investigative articles, and we’re asking for your help.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Sitting in a booth at a Denny’s restaurant in Anaheim, the 61-year-old Trentin’s fingers twist and untwist the wrapper to a plastic straw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2022

As they put the demonstrator through its paces, they have already turned up unexpected difficulties—like the torques exerted by the steel cables, which, like any rope, want to untwist as they lift the weight.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 22, 2021

The unrelenting routine of twist, untwist, wrap in plastic, earns her $580 a month, a quarter of which she sends home to her grandparents, who care for her two children, aged one and seven.

From Time ● Jan. 24, 2017

Lily is getting frustrated with her pipe cleaner, so I gently help her untwist the fuzzy wire.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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