refracted
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It’s enough to make a reader hanker for a volume devoted to the director’s long working relationship with Head or for a filmography refracted through the actresses he obsessed over and glorified.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Every subsequent loss is refracted through that lens.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
So lifting, the dynamic of lifting through asking how do things feel, refracted into the rest of my life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025
The reddish color comes from the light being refracted by particles in the atmosphere.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2024
A few hours later, once the sardines were ready, tens of thousands of them glistening in the refracted light, the fishermen would cinch the net and haul them in.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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