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bend

[bend] / bɛnd /




VERB
persuade; influence
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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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