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twisting

adjective as in bending

adjective as in curving

adjective as in labyrinthine

adjective as in twisted

Weak match

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“Global trade flows are proving highly adaptable to U.S. tariffs, bending and twisting to minimize their impact, both on U.S. inflation and Chinese exports,” said Julian Evans-Pritchard, head of China economics at Capital Economics.

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An old book emerges, sat on a twisting willow branch, as a frail, glowing yellow hand reaches in to turn its pages.

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That changed in 2023 when Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang and her team in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science identified the first plant enzyme capable of twisting a molecule into the distinctive spiro shape.

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His vision of power, propaganda and language as a weapon meets a barrage of torn-from-the-news imagery: refugees adrift on boats, authoritarian leaders twisting the truth, AI hallucinations blurring what’s left of reality.

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A fell-runner who had set off from Ambleside in the hope of making it down before the storm took hold had called for help after twisting an ankle.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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