pliable

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This paradox raised a fundamental question: how can the planet's solid center appear firm yet strangely pliable?

From Science Daily

If you can square those actions with Hernández’s pardon and not throw your back out in the process you’re either more pliable than most or willfully obtuse.

From Los Angeles Times

Eventually, it becomes pliable enough to pick off ground balls.

From The Wall Street Journal

Canned crescent dough, improbably, was just right: pliable without tearing, sturdy without getting tough, and still capable of a respectable rise.

From Salon

A standard burger took ten seconds; the Snack Wrap required nearly a minute, with a 20-second steam step just to make the tortilla pliable.

From Salon