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It has contorted statutory language to stop immigrants from obtaining effective relief against wrongful detention and deportation.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025

As the athletes go through the crucial on-scene practices, the skating debacle has contorted the entire event.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eastward, however, there has been immense degradation; half the dome has been shaken down and washed away; while a succession of upheavals and earthquakes has contorted the strata in the strangest manner.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir