bends
Example Sentences
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“A tool in service of someone with a genuine vision that bends the tool to their will, rather than having themselves bent to the tool — that’s what creativity is about,” Fairey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Nor, unfortunately, does it reflect Martin Luther King’s hopeful idea that history’s arc ultimately bends towards justice.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Many of the fast corners that were rendered bends in straights by last year's cars will become a driving challenge again, such as Abbey at Silverstone.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
This spurred Corning’s engineers to make their cables thinner, but also tougher, so they could withstand tight bends, says Claudio Mazzali, Corning’s head of research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Helmuth stirs awake as Mutti pulls up the bedcovers, smoothes them, bends over him, kisses his forehead.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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