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Recent Examples of mind-bending Immerse yourself in experiential pieces, giant sculptures, and mind-bending installations, learning the fascinating stories behind each of the artworks. Rana Good, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 Both of these Olivier-winning stage shows are new adventures set amid global phenomenons, complete with cameos by familiar faces and live renditions of mind-bending spectacles — albeit for very different narrative contexts and with drastically distinct audience impacts. Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025 Pika is known for these kinds of mind-bending effects anyone can do. Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025 As a horror filmmaker, Barker is also developing a feature length version of The Chair, a mind-bending 25-minute short that has attracted more than 7 million views on YouTube. Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mind-bending
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Adjective
  • Tim Duncan has 37 points and 16 rebounds, and Tony Parker adds 27 points to help the San Antonio Spurs overpower the Lakers 110-82 to win the Western Conference semifinal series 4-2. 2004 — With one breathtaking surge, Smarty Jones posts a record 11½-length victory in the Preakness.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
  • Known for her boundary-pushing creativity and breathtaking stage presence, Taylor will also be spearheading the creative direction for the 106 & Park 25th Anniversary Tribute.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The battle to crown the winner of the NL West this season will be one of most exciting things to watch for the remainder of the year.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • While seemingly indifferent, like Yi-young, Gi-on actually finds the department exciting and wants to stay.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Maureen Murphy made things interesting late in the third period, cutting the Ottawa lead in half with five minutes remaining.
    Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • There’s something quite interesting about the actor’s experience.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • Clemens has already come through with three big homers in sparse playing time for the Twins, showing intriguing bat-speed improvement at age 29.
    Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • In an intriguing revision, the Heartbeat team expanded the role of the Page, who is besotted with the Syrian captain Narraboth, who is in turn besotted with Salome.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Real Madrid is coming off a thrilling match against Barcelona in which Kylian Mbappe scored a hat trick with goals in the 5', 14', and 70'.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • Pretending to apply makeup with toys, or occasionally smearing some real makeup on with adult supervision, can be a healthy way for kids to explore that idea—and a fun, even thrilling way to assert their sense of self.
    Faran Krentcil, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025

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“Mind-bending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind-bending. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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