kink
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Enough time for a detail-oriented TV producer to spot that Salman, Pakistan's skipper, sported a kink in his collar.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
One absentee, however, will be Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who has been ruled out with a "kink in his back", according to the Norwegian ski federation.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
The voice that sang it was profound and strong, but quavering and not quite in tune: an old oak tree with a strong trunk but with branches starting to kink and leaves to wither.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
The rise of AI-generated images and photos has added another troubling kink, as Sterling highlighted in a video posted to TikTok early Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
By the late 1940s, Monod had discovered that the kink was the result of a metabolic readjustment.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
There are still a lot of kinks that need to be worked out.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Car companies like to launch higher-priced, lower-volume vehicles first, while they work out production kinks and build demand.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
My prerelease build has some kinks that will be ironed out before launch, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Like all great players, McIlroy ironed out his swing kinks and sacrificed distance with the driver for a greater accuracy which underpinned a gutsy one-under 71 in Sunday's finale.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Johnny let him move about—get the kinks out of him.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
