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contort

[kuhn-tawrt] / kənˈtɔrt /


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This is a book of endless storytelling, as characters contort themselves to please the regime’s shifting narratives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

When it was retired last year, it was replaced with a newer, fully electric model developers said could contort its metal frame in even more ways.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

With a swarm of dancers all wearing the same gray uniform, they contort their bodies around her, creating a collective spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

Ozy leaders were willing not just to fabricate numbers and forge documents, but also to contort themselves to fit into whatever distorted mold they thought would benefit the company.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024

The closest overhead bins are filled with roller bags, so I contort myself to shove my backpack beneath the seat in front of mine.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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