bend
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Alphabet raises $80 billion, index funds bend their rules for AI, and Spain’s unemployment rate is way down.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
Few, however, are expecting him to bend to the will of the hawks and support a rate increase anytime soon.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
"Because of their enormous mass and compact size, they strongly bend passing light. Starlight from the same host galaxy can be focused into extraordinarily bright images, a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing."
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
He went on to describe how the car, which he saw was a red BMW X3, then overtook him on a bend.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The upper plate begins to bend, curving at the fault and forming a deep ocean trench.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Vocabulary lists containing bend
Civil Engineering
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Engineering - High School
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