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American Kayla White won the race in 22.18 as former world champion Shericka Jackson pulled up on the bend with a leg injury and two-time Diamond League champion Brittany Brown did not start.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Imagine bending a flexible ruler, except the bend is squeezed into a space smaller than a billionth of a meter," said Sathvik Ajay Iyengar, a former Rice doctoral student and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Zuckerberg in his Monday essay wrote of a world where “open-source” models allow anyone and everyone to harness AI’s power and bend it to their own purposes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“We’re optimistic that new leadership can bend the curve on traffic, but remain realistic that direct competitors have also gotten noticeably sharper, and the planned initiatives will take time to bear fruit,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026

Chin gets on the rock right away, but my backpack is really heavy, so I bend over to put it down by a tree—and a foot hits me in the backside.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

When the prediction was first made, however, measuring such an effect across bends only a few atoms wide was extremely challenging.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Part of that attention is aimed at Burwell’s score, a masterpiece of electronic minimalism in which pitch bends and hard clashes create the dread and whiplash that make the film so tense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

These kinds of investigations hint at a larger reality in the Ecuadorean province, where modern life bends around an ecosystem so fiercely safeguarded that wildlife effectively holds legal right of way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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

She bends down a little so she can look right at my front camera.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

"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

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

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2022

With no experience, Creason had to go to collections at UCLA, the Seaver Center and the Huntington, “on bended knee,” to learn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2021

It was a moment that did not include the offering of a ring on bended knee.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2021

One large whooping voice spiraled over the heads of the bended forms.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Fittingly, for a man so bent on proving himself the greatest of all time, Djokovic paired up with director Jason Hehir, best known for “The Last Dance,” the documentary about Michael Jordan and the Bulls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

After tugging his short shot at history left of the hole, Herbert bent over in disappointment before composing himself to tap in.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

It is all a bit schlocky — which can be fun, depending on your bent — but the increasingly elaborate machinations reveal something useful.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Before I knew it, the pair of us were clutching each other, bent double as we laughed till tears ran down our cheeks.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Computer simulations helped predict how bending should influence the movement of electrons.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Growers are also reporting cucumbers that are coming out misshapen, with some bending back into a spiral.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

For more than 20 years, Lionel Messi has been able to do anything he wants on a soccer pitch, bending the game to his will and conjuring otherworldly moves out of thin air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Studio people were bending over backwards to make all these promises that would never happen in the past,” Lee said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Do you regret it?” she asked, jerking her chin toward the building where the past version of me was just now bending down to pick up the letter.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin