tortuous

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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

Gelman’s examples include a claim offered in the book “Freakonomics” that “beautiful parents are 36% more likely to have girl babies,” derived from a tortuous calculation by a British statistician.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 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

Only then will they feel that Hillsborough has left a legacy which they can stand by, and which will help prevent others experiencing a similar tortuous journey.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

On the tortuous drive through the mountains, Jake developed a torturous headache. trooper/trouper.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner