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distort

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The decisions we make about where to live are distorted not just by politics that play down climate risks, but also by expensive subsidies and incentives aimed at defying nature.

Earlier studies about digital contact tracing have been widely distorted.

Because these new constellations are being deployed in lower orbits, they’re much brighter, leaving behind long bright streaks on the image and sometimes distorting other parts of the data.

They take a scientific pose to gain your confidence and then distort the facts to their own purposes.

That concept of distorting perception was important, Ginzel said.

And would-be collectors like Henry Stephenson continue to distort the cultural record in their hunt for hidden treasures.

Saying a word in a different tone can distort or utterly mangle a line.

Hollywood would never grossly distort the Civil War or D-Day.

Or, they could distort the contents of the bill and attack anyone who disagreed with them as a legal Luddite and hysteric.

I have witnessed at first hand how Irving likes to distort things.

The temptation to distort facts to make a good story is strong; I have seen it in my connection with the 'Courier.'

Shakspere's contemporaries don't imitate Nature, they distort it, give Passion, and no Reason.

Wherefore then should grief sadden and distort such blythe, such jocund, features as mine?

What he wants is not an enlightened and truthful agent, but a man who will distort the truth to suit his prejudices.

Such a wire must be a little slack, or, as illustrated above, it will distort the framework.

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On this page you'll find 121 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to distort, such as: alter, belie, deceive, disfigure, mangle, and misconstrue.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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