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- verb Present participle of
untwist .
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Examples
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There are a number of dramatic scenes on operating tables in Cutting for Stone: the twins 'births, Thomas Stone amputating his own finger, Ghosh untwisting Colonel Mebratu's volvulus, the liver transplant, etc.
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Paul stood at the new door that had been installed next to the utility sink, twisting and untwisting the knob.
The Rat Eats Last Janet Freeman 2011
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If there is I make the necessary adjustments by twisting or occasionally untwisting.
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If there is I make the necessary adjustments by twisting or occasionally untwisting.
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There are a number of dramatic scenes on operating tables in Cutting for Stone: the twins 'births, Thomas Stone amputating his own finger, Ghosh untwisting Colonel Mebratu's volvulus, the liver transplant, etc.
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Using a set of rented pliers, Valcin, a 36-year-old whose toes stick through gaping holes in his high-tops, has spent hours untwisting the metal straps that hold the long strands of rebar to the heavier metal-support beams.
In Haiti's shattered capital, metal scavengers take to the streets 2010
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Using a set of rented pliers, Valcin, a 36-year-old whose toes stick through gaping holes in his high-tops, has spent hours untwisting the metal straps that hold the long strands of rebar to the heavier metal-support beams.
In Haiti's shattered capital, metal scavengers take to the streets Manuel Roig-Franzia 2010
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They have figured out how to open the doors, untwisting twisties and untying string.
Archive 2010-07-01 Fred Kiesche 2010
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Using a set of rented pliers, Valcin, a 36-year-old whose toes stick through gaping holes in his high-tops, has spent hours untwisting the metal straps that hold the long strands of rebar to the heavier metal-support beams.
In Haiti's shattered capital, metal scavengers take to the streets 2010
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Using a set of rented pliers, Valcin, a 36-year-old whose toes stick through gaping holes in his high-tops, has spent hours untwisting the metal straps that hold the long strands of rebar to the heavier metal-support beams.
In Haiti's shattered capital, metal scavengers take to the streets Manuel Roig-Franzia 2010
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