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Mr. Ali’s attempt to contort it to reflect the controversy over immigration policy is ham-handed and confused.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

When it was retired last year, it was replaced with a newer, fully electric model developers said could contort its metal frame in even more ways.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

He has the preternatural ability to contort his facial expressions ever so slightly, going from innocent to cold and malevolent and back again in a split second.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2025

So there’s a couple ways he was able to contort his body, flips that he was able to do that only he was able to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

We bonded over the various ways we could contort my Barbie and Ken dolls without breaking them.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

Nevertheless, a cheeky portion of blue-green paint contorts itself into a standing position in the corner, fighting against the weight that urges the rest of the work Earthward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Like an ever-so-slight key change in the final chorus, “Mother Mary” gradually contorts the longer Sam and Mary talk.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

At one point, a dancer contorts herself as she carries Particle, tucked in a birdcage, across a room.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024

Throughout every production, Curry contorts his voice for each character Man, Mooncakes and Monet meet.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

And the stage contorts and trees rise as the dream twists into something else entirely.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

“I actually find him really small and contorted and tortured.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

When we see him finally being moved, he is contorted in his bed from the pain, clutching onto a sick bowl.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025

For more than an hour, I had twisted and contorted myself trying without success to get a grip on that two-inch piece of silicone.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2024

“She bounded around with so many positions and backtracked and so desperately contorted ... . She is more consistent now than she was then.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

Coal took an early shower and contorted himself trying to extract the splinters from hard-to-reach places with a pair of tweezers.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

But it’s also how she presents in the world of modeling, hooked up to wires, contorting her body to emulate a snake and sprawled across a hospital bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025

Unbeknownst to the congressman, the recent kindergarten graduate ate up the C-SPAN camera, smiling, contorting, and making faces behind his dad’s back.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2024

His gift for contorting himself through the air and landing on the designated spot has made him one of the most sought-after stuntmen.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

“We’re contorting ourselves in ways that we ordinarily wouldn’t have,” he said.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2023

He could jump high in the air, do many fast kicks, and land safely on his feet all in a few seconds while screaming funny sounds and contorting his face.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung