twisting
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After carefully twisting cables together and testing them with a multimeter, a small bulb flickered on, then another, signalling that the current was flowing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
If you feel like a marketing rep is twisting your arm, run.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Raman retorted that Bass was twisting her words, but later apologized, saying that mentioning Gates was painful for people across L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The incident would inaugurate a twisting case of murder, intrigue and insurance fraud—and a firestorm of headlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The ground seemed to have come alive—rising and falling, twisting and rolling.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
The dance is what the title suggests: the twistings and turnings of an insomniac, incarnated by the flexible Heriberto Meneses.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Arranged by loose themes, the show charts the vertiginous twistings of Mr. Van Noten’s imagination, and the way he absorbs and digests source material that spans centuries and mediums.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2014
In none of these twistings of conventional reality did Vonnegut ever address himself directly to the question of madness.
From Time Magazine Archive
So are the twistings of that frosty, flabbergastingly flat accent as heard on the Minnesota-based Mystery Science Theater 3000.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bed creaks all night with her twistings and turnings and she keeps us awake with her moaning for water.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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