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warp

[wawrp] / wɔrp /


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Staying at the Arthur Blair is meant to feel like entering a time warp.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

But the hearing wasn’t the only recent time warp.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

The lid is also sturdy enough to close while cooking at high temperatures—something that could warp a lesser model’s top.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The New York Times calling it "cold and forbidding", while the Washington Post described it as a "time warp."

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

But the total energy density in “empty” space far away from the plates must be zero, because otherwise the energy density would warp the space and it would not be almost flat.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

He does not seem to think about the jobs it will destroy, the way it is poisoning creativity or education, the way it warps our shared sense of reality.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

All of these pieces have dramatic warps, waves, marbling and imperfections that make them unique and add to their beauty and history.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

This warps market incentives, discourages fair competition, and introduces long-term risk to private capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

At its core, she explains, lying is "telling a story with the intention to deceive people" and that warps reality in a powerful way which she warns can ultimately be damaging.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

My moonstone badge warps from a circle into an oval, Department of Supernatural Investigations engraved above the image of an evenly weighted balance.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

This effectively "warped time" for brain development, which was "super cool", she added.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

"Phone photos have warped our perception of time."

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Everything from eating out to kids’ extracurricular activities has been warped by the wealthy’s ability to spend regardless of the price, said Brian Eder, managing partner and private wealth advisor at OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners.

From MarketWatch Jun. 13, 2026

It opens with distorted drums and scratchy, warped synths before transforming, about a minute in, into a full-on cumbia track.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

Even in the dim light, I could see that it was old, warped and scratched from years of rain and snow and heat.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

A three-part podcast series about how the rise of AI-generated content is warping our sense of what is real, and the dangers that presents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

It took Jadoon and his team months of welding and warping to fashion his Optimus Prime, with over 90 percent of its parts sourced from discarded vehicle pieces.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

"In addition, when the pulses travel near a very massive object, they may be deflected and experience time delays due to the warping of space-time, as predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity."

From Science Daily Feb. 17, 2026

In June, the Auschwitz Museum warned accounts like these were stealing its posts, processing them through AI models and often warping historical details or fabricating narratives and victims entirely.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2025

“Well, I just want to be sure. Maybe Charles Fort’s warping my brain, but stories about teleportation and people vanishing into thin air...we should check.”

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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