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1 The convoluted case began when McKernan hit his roommate, Mark Gibson, with a baseball bat during a heated argument, killing him.

2 That is particularly refreshing in our pop-culture era, where half the fare playing at any given cineplex requires audiences to hold dissertation-level expertise in the convoluted mythology of some established or emerging cinematic universe.

3 Attending any performance of “Simon Boccanegra” involves grappling with its convoluted plot and sorting out the multiple identities in this tale of conflict between the plebeians and the aristocrats in 14th-century Genoa.

4 In a world where healthcare can often be convoluted, Navierre stands as a beacon of simplicity, empowering individuals to take control of their health.

5 Mercurio already has one hugely successful series, “Line of Duty,” running on BBC One, so he has a following among British viewers who love the convoluted twists and nothing-is-what-it-seems turns of that show.

6 “Knives Out” wisely refrains from overstuffing the goods with convoluted twists and loose ends, but it also settles for a disappointingly deflating final act.

7 But the delights become increasingly sporadic, as the convoluted plot kicks into gear and soon acquires the unsteady gait of a runway model with a very wobbly strut.

8 I can understand what about it is overwritten or when it’s convoluted, but I also can say, “That’s really good.”

9 Did their image get convoluted and misconstrued by record labels?

10 It was convoluted and it wasn’t serving them both properly.

11 But the more variant stories we get, the more unstable and convoluted the whole structure becomes.

12 The book is “mostly a medium for satire and repulsion,” with a somewhat convoluted plot, but “intelligence and humor keep Reseng’s tale afloat.”

13 Beethoven’s tricky “Grosse Fuge” for string quartet was initially dismissed by some as too convoluted, then later embraced as a masterpiece.

14 Today the process of whittling down entries to a shortlist of five is convoluted and works in a way that is totally unlike the other Oscar categories.

15 An info dump around the 50-minute mark helps somewhat, but there is no denying that the plot of Park Hoon-jung’s latest feature is convoluted.

16 "So many things are twisted and convoluted," he said of the popular fandom ship.

17 Losing all of the glee of its predecessor, the movie instead offers nearly three hours of convoluted story lines, undercooked themes and a tangle of confused, glaringly state-approved political subtext.

18 Any one could hold the key to this cheap, convoluted and faintly tawdry horror tale.

19 Introductions at past holiday gatherings have been comically convoluted for Judy Bowman.

20 Remarkably, the creators did not map out the first season’s convoluted plot in advance.

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