kink
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The bird, affectionately nicknamed Kinky because of the kink in its broken wing, was nursed back to health by its two, unusually caring parents.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
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
Unlike the more familiar "kink" waves that cause entire magnetic structures to sway and can be seen in solar videos, torsional Alfvén waves create a subtle twisting motion that can only be detected spectroscopically.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
But Monod stumbled on a kink in his results—literally so.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
“I should have enough experience to be able to address any kinks or injuries or anything like that with the swing,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Until the kinks are worked out, you never know what you’re going to find for passport lines when entering or leaving Europe, though one tool from a travel influencer aims to help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Car companies like to launch higher-priced, lower-volume vehicles first, while they work out production kinks and build demand.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said there were “probably kinks in the system” and pledged to work to “straighten it out.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
There was a boy stringing a hose from the shed, un-loop-ing and wrestling the knots and kinks out of it as he went.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
