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That the arc of the moral universe must bend toward justice is already a daily practice for so many Americans.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

“The player mustn’t move, bend or break any growing or attached natural object,” Moir said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

“I want people to feel, I want people to think, think with their heart, and I want them to maybe bend their mind a little bit. Everybody needs to keep an open mind these days.”

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

"I've been in construction 21 years, and I've never seen a beam bend in half -- so this is super dangerous."

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

I bend down and pick up a stone from the gravelly path.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

CAMBRIDGE, England—Every summer, students here line up in dozens of boats, wait for a cannon to fire, then pelt around the narrow bends of the River Cam trying to smash the crew in front.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

As the tectonic plate bends near the subduction zone, fractures develop, allowing the magma to rise through the crust, much like liquid being squeezed from a sponge.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

The back straight and bends are usually cheaper at major track meets because the view of races is regarded as worse than the home straight, where tickets can often run into hundreds of pounds.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

The pattern gets its name because the jet stream -- a current in the atmosphere that moves air and weather systems from west to east -- bends into a shape resembling the Greek letter.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

He lifts a panel covering the engine, bends over, and starts working.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

"If I was Prime Minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees and asking to be allowed back in," he says.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025

She says in the show: “Here I am, coming to you, prime minister, on bended knee, for the sign-off, but I’m hoping that will be a formality.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022

Me on bended knee, with a ring I'd emptied my bank account to buy.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2022

O’Connell: They did not come to us on bended knee, and I respect that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

“Lord Davos, if you are a lord, I know what your so-called king would have of me. Steel and silver and a bended knee.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The hood is bent, the radiator is cracked, and the front bumper is destroyed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Once it disgorged its haul, Al-Zaharnah, a burly, weary-looking 56-year-old, climbed over the detritus and bent low for a closer look.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

But raise the slightly bent bonnet to look underneath, and it's a different story.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Angelakis, 62, is known as an ambitious, levelheaded and disciplined dealmaker with an entrepreneurial bent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The miller bent down and scooped up the gold.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

In lieu of engaging in objective analysis, the discipline is shaping, even bending, the truth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Again, it mattered little with the U.S. getting that goal back three minutes later with Tillman bending a free kick from the top of the box off Vasilj’s gloved right hand and into the net.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Einstein’s general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

And he wants the world to know that it was all achieved without bending his knee to the US or engaging with the South.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

It bucks and wriggles and then jumps forward, bending at the edges to fit through the open doorway.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston