distort
Example Sentences
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The dip was distorted by labor strikes, but it raises an important question: Can healthcare keep the economy healthy?
"However, cancer should rather be understood as a distorted form of development."
From Science Daily
Mr. White claims it may be possible to create a “warp drive” that would propel spacecraft faster than the speed of light by distorting spacetime using a field of negative energy.
The principal themes, too, become distorted and recast.
"Don't stand too close to the fire," they warn on FYA, a deliciously dark serving of Jersey club music, full of revving synths and distorted beats.
From BBC
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