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distort

[dih-stawrt] / dɪˈstɔrt /


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She added: "No matter what noises exist out there, nothing will be able to distort my reality or be more real to me or not as real to me as this love that we share."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

"These allegations are all either baseless or they distort the truth," he has said.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

It can also distort that same story into something untruthful.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

That process can distort what was happening inside the living cell.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Even when Stravinsky borrowed from Russian ethnic folk music, which he did in several of his Diaghilev ballet scores, he did so in order to distort it through some mischievous prism.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Mitchell and Pomerleau argue the exclusion is inefficient, distorts economic decision-making, and treats taxpayers with similar levels of income differently.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, general relativity describes gravity as the bending of spacetime by mass, similar to how a heavy object distorts a stretched surface.

From Science Daily Apr. 19, 2026

"When you go through something like that so young it kind of distorts your reality for a long time," Pesante said.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

Bad weather often distorts the jobs report by making it seem as if employment was weaker than it really was.

From MarketWatch Mar. 5, 2026

Instead of making her clients beautiful, she distorts them.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Krugman has argued the continent’s decline is exaggerated, that standard economic data has been distorted by the U.S. tech industry and doesn’t reflect the quality of life on either continent.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Dettol said the advert, which has been removed following the backlash, was intended to criticise gender stereotypes, but that snippets of it that later circulated online distorted its core message.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

One reason why Warsh may want to avoid giving too much guidance is to get cleaner market signals that are not distorted by Fed forecasts.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

"It is not merely about apology or compensation -- it is about the rehumanisation of memory and the restoration of values that were distorted by centuries of dehumanisation," he said.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Fear made her seem ill; it distorted her body lines, made her appear as if someone had broken her and then, with malice, patched her together badly.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

“Any assertion that the Mayor does not think smoke is dangerous is distorting her remarks and taking them out of context,” said Morales.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

But there is a risk that, in markets with more retail activity, these same tools could help to drive even more investors into a handful of hot names, crowding stocks and distorting prices.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

Those subsidies, heavily criticised in the EU and US for distorting markets, have helped companies expand rapidly and cut prices.

From BBC May 27, 2026

It is distorting the stock market, profits, the speed and composition of economic growth, trade and even our moods—especially about the job market.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

They are created from the most ‘natural’ ratios, even taking into account the distorting fix of Equal Temperament.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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