contortions
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At Mennour, Dhewadi Hadjab captures the extremes of the body in motion through his highly realistic paintings that depict amateur dancers in mind-bending contortions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Many phrases have peppered this past year of diplomatic contortions over how best to deal with the US's unpredictable president and commander-in-chief.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
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
Romero never made any contortions, always it was straight and pure and natural in line.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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