kink

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But unlike other players who might have a kink in their swing or yips on the putting green, Korda hadn’t lost the mechanics that make her the envy of men’s and women’s players alike.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Enough time for a detail-oriented TV producer to spot that Salman, Pakistan's skipper, sported a kink in his collar.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

One absentee, however, will be Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who has been ruled out with a "kink in his back", according to the Norwegian ski federation.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

If a sterile neutrino were sometimes produced instead, it would leave a recognizable distortion, or "kink," in that pattern.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

But Monod stumbled on a kink in his results—literally so.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee