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as in distorts
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
squinched up her eyes in disgust
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as in flinches
to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust
didn't squinch a bit when the intruder pulled a knife on him
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But then a heavy beat drops, and the figure crouches down into a duckwalk, moving across the walkway in a low bounce before springing up with the circling arm movements of voguing.
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At the other end of the pitch, Robert Lewandowski crouches down on his haunches, eyes looking everywhere and nowhere, their nothingness saying everything.
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Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
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This lyrical collection from B Batchelor—a 2025 Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellow, and a recipient of multiple awards from PEN America—explores the way incarceration distorts time.
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Advertisement Throughout the narrative, Johnson never flinches in his portrayal of the wreck, unleashing footage of investigators approaching the car and the victims’ families.
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DiVincenzo never flinches at adversity.
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And yet, the wry grimaces that followed said the quiet part out loud.
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In the video, Claffey tries to move Ansell away from the subject and grimaces at the camera when his costar seems to say a little too much.
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Monk’s music contorts into an ecstatic dance, one more befitting of a ritual trance state than a night at the Five Spot.
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Bridges contorts his body, and jacks up an errant layup, but the play isn’t done there.
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Looking through scans from his first VIBE story from back in 2012, Rocky laughs at first, then immediately recoils.
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While JoAnne recoils from Duncan’s machinations, her son Orson finally bottoms out in the supplement pit of the manosphere.
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Numbers might be up, but frowns are also up.
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No smiles, no frowns, no fluctuations of body warmth.
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When an object touches a sucker, the silicone deforms and changes the light reflection pattern.
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Kinks are critical in determining where a material deforms, appearing in situations such as metals bending permanently or DNA strands separating.
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“Squinches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squinches. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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