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[twist] / twɪst /






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If a team cannot attend their own game, it would be another unprecedented twist.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In yet another twist, Borel says, an unknown individual dropped off a box at Ray’s public defender’s office in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

"But they help us manipulate photons very precisely to make them spin -- to twist them- in a specific direction, for example, up or down."

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

A giant twist in the series’ penultimate episode, “The Garden,” came with the reveal that the crowning achievement motivating Deborah all season long, a sold-out Madison Square Garden performance, was a cruel illusion.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

She fitted a key in the lock and gave a hard twist.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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