the bends
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Some of the bends were squeezed into regions smaller than a billionth of a meter.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
I can see knots under the skin in the bends of his arm.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2025
Decompression sickness, also known as "the bends", is a problem typically associated with scuba diving, which bubbles form inside the body due to a change in external pressure.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2024
When divers rose to the surface too fast, they risked decompression sickness, also known as the bends, where the wrong gases build up in the blood.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
I look and I look and I don’t see no settlement but who knows what’s around the bends and curves?
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
