pliable
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Pliable muscles, which are not the same as flexible muscles, are “soft” and not “dense,” he and Mr. Brady assert.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2017
Pliable rubber making contact with asphalt doesn't seem as if it would produce a lot of noise but in fact it does, and in a lot of ways.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Vanity Fair is a real town to them, and Mr. Pliable a real man.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.
Pliable and revengeful, presumptuous and ambitious, he sought to make tools of princes, and slaves of subjects.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John
Singular to relate, the Mr. Pliable of so many Ministries was soon to be turned out.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
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