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Extracting such a weak signal required the researchers to carefully account for many different sources of interference that could distort the measurements.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Even in a normal market, this behavior has the potential to distort the cost of fertilizer for American farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The practice “may distort competition, stifle innovation, and potentially lead to monopolies or market concentration in strategic sectors,” as the Center for Strategic and International Studies put it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

Finally, he found a new route and started to jog along it, his wandlight waving, making his shadow flicker and distort on the hedge walls.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

However, the map severely distorts the shapes of Earth's landmasses, making them all look slightly off.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Flying Food Group vehemently denied the substance of the complaint, writing in its statement that “images were staged, manipulated, taken out of context, or otherwise presented in a manner that distorts their meaning.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

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

If anyone distorts, it’s that mother of hers.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Psychotherapist Nick Hatter says he doesn't have a view on which version of events is correct, but he says that during traumatic events memories can be "distorted".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

"They are therefore never neutral; when they present a distorted image of our planet, they risk perpetuating inaccurate representation that is passed down through generations."

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

In this alternate universe, beautiful people have pig snouts, distorted mouths, and sagging cheeks.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

Buzzing slabs of distorted guitar collide with piano, accordion and harmonica, filling all available sonic space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The voice coming from the shivering, twitching body sounded distorted.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

French motorists are clogging TotalEnergies service stations to fill up with discount gasoline but its rivals are crying foul, accusing the energy giant of distorting competition with the encouragement of the government.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The subsidies were distorting prices and competition in the Part D market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

“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

Signs that retail interest could be distorting prices aren’t hard to find: Shares of retail favorites tend to see greater underperformance following a disappointing earnings report, Ali noted.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

I stared at the empty asphalt, the heat distorting my vision.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green