kink

The voice that sang it was profound and strong, but quavering and not quite in tune: an old oak tree with a strong trunk but with branches starting to kink and leaves to wither.

After an offseason focused on ironing out the kinks in his game, Johnston is finally showing why he was such a highly regarded prospect coming out of college.

Tesla will have to work out kinks with its self-driving efforts to successfully roll out its robotaxis across the country to make that business a real money maker.

It’s also a tortuous kink in his road to absolution.

“Grace and I have been working out the kinks there… I’ll be going pretty much every weekend.”