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tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs] / ˈtɔr tʃu əs /




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And while it comes with a happy ending, the route it takes is both tortuous and fascinating.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

After a tortuous and contested process, a federal judge endorsed a roughly $6 billion bid by Amber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Which was tortuous because I’m like, “How do I recreate this thing that I didn’t even fully make myself?”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025

Now, thanks to some tortuous negotiations, many of them involving Rutte, the weapons can continue to flow without Washington picking up the tab.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

My course, which for a while had looked so clear and hopeful, seemed likely to become as tortuous and beset with secrets as it had been in Ehrenrang.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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