convolute
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In that regard, “Bridgerton” chugs deliciously along for at least five episodes before it starts to convolute and collapse on itself.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2020
To convolute matters more, the federal government does not require prisons or jails to collect data on pregnancy and childbirth among female inmates.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2020
The suit on the right includes a waist convolute, which allowed the Apollo 15–17 lunar surface crews to sit on the lunar rover.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2013
But these new songs don’t feel arbitrary when they warp or convolute.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010
Tongue long, convolute, distinct, sometimes porrected in the pupa state.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
The players made their way to the mission, which had the usual slightly convoluted rules that took Winkleman quite a while to explain.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Rom-coms and dance movies are often littered with convoluted circumstances, but “Shake Your Booty!” sabotages the heartfelt story it wants to tell about finding new love and learning to let go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In such convoluted wars, easy answers were hard to come by.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
The convoluted arrangement is another example of Nvidia’s growing role in helping non-investment-grade firms such as Anthropic get access to its expensive computing resources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
He ran a finger over their convoluted surface.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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He has disobeyed all the "rules," convoluting and twirling the plastic concrete with an insolent skill, and even using that antediluvian material glass block with flair.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“A convoluting gray cloud had piled where Mount St. Helens should be,” said Bea.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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Before them rose the fantastic, twisting, convoluting, turning spires of a tall, marvelous, glittering city.
From Collector's Item by Evelyn E. Smith
The robot held me back as Lhar advanced toward the girls, the skirt-like frill at her base convoluting as she moved.
From Where the World is Quiet by Henry Kuttner
Suddenly, I realized that I was in more than any mortal danger; for the convoluting shadows about the ring were taking shape, and the death-hand was forming within the Pentacle.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
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