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contorcer cara

to contort

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The mine consists of a corridor that is so strongly contorted that it forms a secondary blotch with brown frass. en.wikipedia.org

The pose is contorted, every muscle bulges, and the paint reflects the sweat and strain of the match. en.wikipedia.org

The mine consists of a long, often contorted, narrow corridor that hardly widens towards the end. en.wikipedia.org

An example of a repulsive effect is a molecule contorting to minimize the coulombic interactions of atoms that hold like charges. en.wikipedia.org

The mine begins as a short, contorted linear mine which enlarges into a funnel and then a large blotch. en.wikipedia.org

But instead of dying, the hunter contorts in pain and transforms into his wolf shape. en.wikipedia.org

The term hypermobility refers to people with more-elastic ligaments, allowing their joints to stretch and contort further; this is sometimes still called double-jointedness. en.wikipedia.org

The mine is much contorted and at first very indistinct, and sometimes blotch-like. en.wikipedia.org

Acrobats contort themselves with the grace of exotic flowers on the end of their stems; flowers and foliage abound everywhere. en.wikipedia.org

Later the corridor becomes free and then is strongly contorted, often forming a secondary blotch. en.wikipedia.org

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