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Others said OpenAI was bending to financial incentives to try to make people attached to its models, people familiar with their thinking said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Porter was bending over a just-uncovered stone, trying to make out the faint carving to see if it was one of the family names he has studied, the Queens, Campbells and Taylors.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023

One front leg was bending the wrong way.

From NewsForKids.net • May 19, 2022

Earlier, Mr Šefčovič said that solutions could be found without changing the protocol, and the EU said it was "bending over backwards" to find solutions.

From BBC • May 11, 2022

One day it was very hot, and as he was bending over a pool, he felt a burning on the back of his head, and a dazzling light from the water pained his wet eyes.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien