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tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs] / ˈtɔr tʃu əs /




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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

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

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

A moot point, like so many in this tortuous saga.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Szilard’s views on the program he midwifed had traveled a tortuous path.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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