contortions

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American Jews, exhausted by the nonsensical charge of disloyalty, have bent themselves into impressive contortions to demonstrate their bona fides as unambiguous, undivided, thoroughly unadulterated Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Many have described Djokovic's on-court contortions as "super-human".

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

The contortions of so many travelers bending, crouching, and hopping alongside the metal detector lent comic flavor to the plane journey.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

In a sport where her contortions are magic, she lay curled up in a ball.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

We watched in complete astonishment as she put the skeleton through various contortions, thrusting her pointer around without the slightest self-consciousness.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro