tortuous
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He expects to feel a sense of freedom that always eluded him during his lengthy and often tortuous quest to land the famous green jacket.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 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
"Yes," was the unequivocal reply when asked if this was one of the 'most satisfying' wins of his, at times, tortuous 13 months in charge.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
That may, of course, be Mr. Joseph’s point: We are as confounded by the tortuous vagaries of their painful histories, and by their stubborn inability to connect, as they themselves are.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Civilizations would take billions of years of tortuous evolution to arise, and then snuff themselves out in an instant of unforgivable neglect.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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