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[twist] / twɪst /






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The agency’s staff twist reviews to kill therapies for late-stage melanoma and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

There are some sad ironies stitched into the plot, and an upsetting late twist, though the show doesn’t wallow in it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

A competitive convention would have been a delightfully exotic twist to such a topsy-turvy campaign in Maine.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

The story of potential investment in Liverpool took a new twist on Wednesday, as Jeff Bezos' name was thrown into the mix.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

I step into my slippers and twist my doorknob; it’s not locked anymore.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wealth Club, said markets were remaining "cautious given the twists and turns during this conflict".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Sunday’s finale through the twists of touristy Montmartre proved to be fantastic drama again.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

“Ride or Die,” for all its fanciful twists, ultimately has more realistic counsel for all the WOACAs watching: Bank on yourself and your extensively earned skills.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

She physically twists Odysseus’ men into pigs in a grotesque sequence of body horror, with no romance, yearlong idyll or magical help.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

It seeped into her head wrap, soaking the black twists sticking out from it.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

By using twisted laser beams as probes, scientists may be able to identify molecular handedness more easily and accurately.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

But the cluster of blue-paneled, four-story apartment buildings—constructed by a Turkish contractor—quickly crumbled into piles of twisted metal and plywood when the earthquakes rocked Venezuela’s northern coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Bernstein is reluctant to pathologize either of her twisted subjects.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

A blackened mattress, a twisted bicycle, a crushed sofa and toys protrude between two stacked concrete slabs.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

It was bad enough to be stuck there on that sharecropper’s farm; but to have a little daughter and a twisted leg, and not be able to do anything for her, hurt worst of all.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

England's twisting World Cup 2026 story has a bittersweet ending - with a thrilling victory in the game no-one wants to be a part of.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

There’s the grief, seeping into Maxine’s life and twisting itself around the gratitude, tightening its grip.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

During the experiments, Gale and his team found that twisting the material could significantly alter both the color and wavelength of the light emitted by the quantum emitters.

From Science Daily Jun. 20, 2026

Outside these campaigns, WOW already operates large digital billboards across the city, including its “Spectaculars” and twisting digital kiosks along major corridors.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Duane watched him return his attention once more to the pond before twisting his heavy load back in the direction of the cave.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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