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That would be giving patient zero a lot more agency than they usually receive, which would be a Swiftian sort of twist.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

As Kumar suspects, "a new twist" can be expected every week.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Numerous music acts have pulled the plug on their upcoming performances with Ed Sheeran in the latest twist of events in the singer’s tour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

However the split happens, it’s yet another twist in the Wilson saga.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Anya saw him twist his fingers in the air in front of him, and the familiar sound of his whistle turning into magic reached her ears.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

And, in keeping with Waters’s oeuvre, there are plenty of countercultural, even debaucherous, twists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The loss to principal would be offset by any monthly coupons received prior to maturity, but there are some twists to consider.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Crime reporter Wes Ferguson spent months speaking with Walters, his supporters, and the crime’s victims to make sense of the case’s twists and turns.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"So they detach the slow-growing gut, which is now tethering the lengthening body. The body buckles and twists into coiling," Miyashita explains.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

It had taken all this time and a lot of twists and turns, but I hoped that my dream might be about to come true.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

As the beam turned, the wire twisted until its resistance balanced the gravitational pull.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

"Part of me wants to talk about it and then part of me doesn't, because I feel like my words get twisted or people are like 'oh, she's making excuses'," Hodgkinson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But while Mosley captivated once again and Maiava came alive, it was Gary Patterson and the Trojans’ defense that really twisted the knife in a dominant 39-0 win for USC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Jumping around in time, “Franz” frequently recasts straightforwardly staged scenes from his life into twisted, surreal parables while occasionally checking in on contemporary Prague and its Kafka tributes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

My chest twisted as I thought about all the times I’d complained about Oliver to Oliver.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

By precisely measuring that motion and the associated gravitational torque, the researchers could calculate one value for G. Torque is simply a twisting force, similar to the force used when turning a wrench.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

She showed that you can stand behind LGBTQ+ people without twisting into socially awkward or politically damaging positions, no matter your audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted that a spinning black hole would drag spacetime along with it, twisting it in a way that changes the orbits of the surrounding stars.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Crying in a suit and tie,” she warbles, referring to her onstage look from a few years ago, then twisting the image into a joke with “But you should see the other guy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Um…” I open the laptop slowly, twisting it so Camille can’t see the screen, and close all my tabs.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller