twist

In a poetic twist, Journey’s highest-charting hit was blocked from No. 1 by the J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold,” in which the heartbroken narrator goes laughing all the way to his bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It was the latest twist in a power struggle within the fortress-like walls of the Pentagon over the future of the world's most formidable fighting force.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Zvernec residents have already been battling this appropriation of their land in the courts for 20 years, so in many ways, the Kushner development is just the latest twist.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Writing a sci-fi twist on a tale of a “healing journey” allowed Benjamin to stretch her canvas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

I flipped over the letter to see her name again and felt something twist sickeningly in my stomach.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The grim case led to a series of dramatic twists and turns as the jury deliberated for nearly 40 hours over seven days to determine Clancy's fate.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

"So they detach the slow-growing gut, which is now tethering the lengthening body. The body buckles and twists into coiling," Miyashita explains.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

“The Whisper Man” leans heavily on the twists and turns of its propulsive and menacing plot, which occasionally creaks like stairs to that creepy basement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

"It's not often that I read a book where all the twists and turns are perfectly executed, but this is one of them. It's kind of a masterpiece, in my humble opinion," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

He liked the twists in Koffi’s hair, the midnight color of her eyes.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Ask Nigel why and he claims Conor "twisted my arm" into helping with one final hurdle.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Crane operators maneuvered twisted I-beams as if playing pick-up sticks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The rusted, twisted metal became a means, the authors write, for “communities far from New York to establish a physical bond through these remnants of destruction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But while Mosley captivated once again and Maiava came alive, it was Gary Patterson and the Trojans’ defense that really twisted the knife in a dominant 39-0 win for USC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

He’s wearing a red Kangol bucket hat, a thick, twisted gold chain, and a colorful Troop jacket.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Raman effortlessly turned the mayor’s rhetorical traps around like Bugs Bunny twisting Elmer Fudd’s rifle right in his face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted that a spinning black hole would drag spacetime along with it, twisting it in a way that changes the orbits of the surrounding stars.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Prof Ramesh says a CME occurs when these twisting, looping lines - which resemble braided hair - rupture, throwing out massive clouds of magnetised plasma and gas in space.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Because the researchers find that these small whirlpools appear continuously wherever the magnetic field is sufficiently strong, the vortices could provide a persistent mechanism for twisting the Sun's magnetic field lines.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

She bends at the waist, twisting her hair inside the towel, before straightening back up again.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day