garble
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The inconsistent purity of the copper could garble transmissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Image: Meta When you use Voice Mode to garble the speech of those around you an icon will appear above your display name to indicate that you can’t hear what strangers are saying.
From The Verge ● Jun. 14, 2022
It works by introducing errors that garble the genetic code of the virus and prevent it from making copies of itself.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
Burton said even through his neighbor’s German accent, he heard him garble the phrase.
From Fox News ● Sep. 24, 2021
We’re driving and it’s stifling hot outside, but the heater is on and the windows are up, and the radio is loud but tuned to the garble between stations.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Fetterman has been campaigning and speaking at public events, but speaks haltingly at times, garbles an occasional word and struggles to hear through background noise and quickly process what he’s hearing.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
Fetterman has been campaigning and speaking at public events but avoids reporters, speaks haltingly at times, garbles an occasional word and struggles to hear through background noise and quickly process what he’s hearing.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
High-dimensional sphere packings are related to the error-correcting techniques used to fix garbles in the transmission of information.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
Simlish, by contrast, is strung together with round, funny noises; emotional garbles; an uncannily human sound.
From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2020
His figure grows staticky and his voice garbles.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
He complained about Canadian banking laws and told a garbled story about some friend of his who supposedly couldn’t buy a Gulfstream jet in Canada.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
If it decides to do nothing, the firm can send an empty or deliberately garbled packet to Eurex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Still, the October and November employment estimates are sure to be garbled by the deferred resignations of federal employees.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
The BBC's science reporter Esme Stallard and other users received a garbled message with her alert.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025
Masterji Thakur opened his mouth to answer, and his voice garbled, then squeaked.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
It uses a different mechanism than the Merck drug, which disables the virus by garbling its genome and has raised concerns about its potential to cause mutations in people’s cells.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
Oppressively mirthless, “Outlaws” can nevertheless be enjoyed, after a fashion, as a surreal tapestry of macho garbling.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2019
On the twice-as-expensive and open-back Ether Flows, the same can sometimes sound like distortion or garbling.
From The Verge ● Jul. 30, 2018
The droning whir of the motor, garbling as it chews away stubble, is far from calming.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2015
Later editions of her Surinam book were needlessly reorganized according to different classification systems, garbling and misrepresenting her findings.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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