Starts
Twists
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Bittersweet Ending: It starts out looking like a textbook case of a Downer Ending, but twists into a Bittersweet Ending.
Source: Film / Matchstick Men -
Next, the pilotless-but-still-in-one-piece plane twists around and starts barreling after her (although it had been twisting around before she hit the eject).
Source: Just Plane Wrong - It backfires when he trips and twists his ankle thirty seconds after the game starts.
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