kink
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The bird, affectionately nicknamed Kinky because of the kink in its broken wing, was nursed back to health by its two, unusually caring parents.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
If a sterile neutrino were sometimes produced instead, it would leave a recognizable distortion, or "kink," in that pattern.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
By the late 1940s, Monod had discovered that the kink was the result of a metabolic readjustment.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said there were “probably kinks in the system” and pledged to work to “straighten it out.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 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
Faith just smiled and thanked me for keeping her calm, then started massaging her neck and rolling her shoulders around, trying to work out the kinks.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
