contortions

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American Jews, exhausted by the nonsensical charge of disloyalty, have bent themselves into impressive contortions to demonstrate their bona fides as unambiguous, undivided, thoroughly unadulterated Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

So many explanations and justifications, so many verbal contortions as he attempts to talk through his latest defeat.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

Like any world-class gymnast, Jordan Chiles is familiar with contortions and flips.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

So, the microstates of a black hole are the myriad specific contortions of spacetime that from a distance still look like the black hole.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 28, 2024

Romero never made any contortions, always it was straight and pure and natural in line.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway