taut

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No surprise, the CX-50 has some handles, with taut body control and keen line-tracing in transient cornering and braking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“Critical Incident” is taut, disturbing, timely and a brisk hour and a half.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Exploring these craggy psychological contours from the perspectives of the investigators, the accused’s shocked parents, and a psychologist tasked with evaluating the boy and his parents in four taut episodes is equally impressive.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

“Forensic Files stories” are told in a taut 22 minutes without teasers and repetition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

From these bars they now hung pulleys wound with strong, thin cord, and at the ends of the cords they fastened hooks, which they slipped into the oval-shaped holes in the block and pulled taut.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien