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bends

noun as in compressed air sickness

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Pushing through a heavy metal door, he bends his head low and goes through another narrow doorway into "his" room, the cell where he was held for eight years.

From BBC

The arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice, but the arc of American capitalism, without a doubt, bends toward guns.

From Salon

The underground road leading down to where the gypsum is extracted is steep and with sharp bends.

From BBC

Once seated, though, his body bends to the keys as if in command of the piano’s power.

There has always been immense pressure for a settlement, because the curve of civil law bends so strongly in that direction.

From BBC

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

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