bends
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“A tool in service of someone with a genuine vision that bends the tool to their will, rather than having themselves bent to the tool — that’s what creativity is about,” Fairey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
His research showed that plasma around the pulsar bends and spreads electromagnetic waves through diffraction, helping form the pattern.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
Nor, unfortunately, does it reflect Martin Luther King’s hopeful idea that history’s arc ultimately bends towards justice.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Many of the fast corners that were rendered bends in straights by last year's cars will become a driving challenge again, such as Abbey at Silverstone.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
By 1910, some twenty thousand sponge divers were permanently disabled by the bends, and another ten thousand were killed.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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