kink

But unlike other players who might have a kink in their swing or yips on the putting green, Korda hadn’t lost the mechanics that make her the envy of men’s and women’s players alike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

Enough time for a detail-oriented TV producer to spot that Salman, Pakistan's skipper, sported a kink in his collar.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

One absentee, however, will be Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who has been ruled out with a "kink in his back", according to the Norwegian ski federation.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

Unlike the more familiar "kink" waves that cause entire magnetic structures to sway and can be seen in solar videos, torsional Alfvén waves create a subtle twisting motion that can only be detected spectroscopically.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025

By the late 1940s, Monod had discovered that the kink was the result of a metabolic readjustment.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“I should have enough experience to be able to address any kinks or injuries or anything like that with the swing,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Until the kinks are worked out, you never know what you’re going to find for passport lines when entering or leaving Europe, though one tool from a travel influencer aims to help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said there were “probably kinks in the system” and pledged to work to “straighten it out.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

Nasa is set to send humans deeper into space than ever before, but there's one piece of technology that still has some kinks - the Orion space capsule's toilet.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026

Faith just smiled and thanked me for keeping her calm, then started massaging her neck and rolling her shoulders around, trying to work out the kinks.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx