distortion
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The spikier “Tongue” is the other rocker, whose arrangement is a blend of syncopated drum breaks, squelching keyboards and drones built on feedback and distortion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Most of the distortion comes from dark matter, an invisible substance that has not been directly detected through light but whose gravitational influence is supported by extensive astronomical evidence.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
They denounced "the state failing to regulate prices", which "allows an integrated group that benefits from considerable upstream margins to dictate, to blackmail, leading to this distortion of competition."
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
But curved cockpit windows are challenging to make – the slightest distortion or defect is clearly visible to the pilot.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The result was a peculiar distortion of the field.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The gravitational distortions are caused primarily by something astronomers cannot directly observe: dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Manson said the claims were "horrible distortions of reality" and his "intimate relationships had always been entirely consensual".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Copper prices climbed to fresh records on U.S. and UK exchanges as distortions to trade flows due to concerns over potential U.S. tariffs collided with supply challenges at key mines worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It’s also necessary to limit distortions to private-sector behavior, since private capital and competitive incentives drive the kind of innovation and financial firepower the rest of the world envies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
It probably occurred to me around this time that the vision people hold of the world to come is but a reflection, with predictable wishful distortions, of the world in which they live.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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