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[twist] / twɪst /






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The sci-fi twist in the script turns their relationship into a send-up of co-dependence.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Sample a twist on dinner and drinks: Would you try a mojito with gazpacho or a martini with pho?

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

There is an interesting twist that applies to my wife and me.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

But in a cruel twist, Cubans are still spending much of their days without electricity despite the surge in new solar capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

“Don’t tell your mother about the nice things I do for you, Lexie. She’ll just get jealous, and twist things around, try to make me look bad.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

During the most recent UK series, producers tried to get hearts racing, and TikTok numbers up, by introducing some new twists.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

“Ride or Die,” for all its fanciful twists, ultimately has more realistic counsel for all the WOACAs watching: Bank on yourself and your extensively earned skills.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

Expect more twists and turns on future proposals as he receives feedback from politicians, voters and investors that he should have solicited sooner by developing a platform before he campaigned for the prime ministership.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The story of how Wrobleski got there, in his first full season in the rotation, after debuting two years ago, includes plenty of twists and turns.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

And I know he’s being as careful as he can, but the moment his arm sweeps behind my legs to hoist me up, the pain turns black and twists through me.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

The path to enlightenment can be long and twisted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

It is the Sun's magnetic field being twisted and moved by the motion of hot gas.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

“I’m hoping that one day they grow into giant old twisted trunks,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Footage from inside showed rescue workers in orange overalls and white helmets picking their way through a mass of twisted steel, dangling cables and chunks of ceiling.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The Shadow Queen twisted her hands and commanded magic.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Inside, the eye immediately travels upward, led by rows of slightly sloping, fluted, twisting columns that seem to soar to the heavens.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Because the researchers find that these small whirlpools appear continuously wherever the magnetic field is sufficiently strong, the vortices could provide a persistent mechanism for twisting the Sun's magnetic field lines.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

NSO astronomer Dr David Kuridze, told BBC News: "These twisting motions are creating magnetic energy, which can build up to produce those large-scale explosions."

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The American striker was battling hulking Bosnia defender Tarik Muharemovic for a loose ball when he inadvertently raked Muharemovic’s right calf with his studs up, then landed on his ankle, twisting it awkwardly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

My heart’s twisting with relief and grief; Autumn’s not dead, but she doesn’t look quite alive either.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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