kink
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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
The voice that sang it was profound and strong, but quavering and not quite in tune: an old oak tree with a strong trunk but with branches starting to kink and leaves to wither.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Then we bend our necks with a curious kink Like the bend which the plumber puts under the sink.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
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
It’s taken Boeing a while to work out the kinks in Starliner.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
They need to work out the kinks on the practice range.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
But Goblin was so unmanageable, he decided to take him over to the Common first and let him get the kinks out of him.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
