kinks

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"This meet made us see where our kinks are and see what we have to improve on, so the Big 12 [meet] will be all or nothing."

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  • They better bring an ambulance The light upon the dull kinks, the porous carbon-cake of the man's head, still dropping blood, showed his eye shut. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • All the kinks weren't worked out--some were less game, more walk-through--but at least they took a shot. —  Omni: July 1994
  • I kinda had him pegged as the wolfish type Oh well, Jack B. Goode has always been a look-at-the-bright-side kinda guy, and so I searched around for the silver lining I knew had to be lurking around here somewhere Well, the kinks were already starting to work out, I think if I can remember how to get to the gym all the stiffness will work itself out before too long. —  FSF, August 2006
  • They are probably still working out the kinks, as they did not hire Trenni because they thought she was unattractive ... there are plenty of ugly middle aged and young men that could probably out-knowledge her. —  Al's Ramblings
  • A cable that has bends and kinks in them tends to wear out a lot faster than cables without kinks or bends. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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