refract
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Their stories reflect and refract the themes of “On the Road” for today.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025
The same physics that makes light refract into patterns on the bottom of a swimming pool or causes stars to twinkle in the night sky also causes DISS.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
“We mourn her loss but it’s a comfort to know that her penetrating works will dazzle, shine and refract in the minds of readers for generations to come,” Farmer said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023
There, Lawrence started to feel the urge to capture and refract beauty.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023
They refract it through their glasses so she cannot see, so she cannot identify the guilty ones.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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