refracted
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Every subsequent loss is refracted through that lens.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
On the opening “Destination,” a winding and refracted character study, swooning strings trace the singer’s own sense of wonder, as she describes a fellow musician whose life serves as a mirror to her own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
Still, there’s also something kind of profound in contemplating 2000, even if it is refracted through this movie’s silly lens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
The reddish color comes from the light being refracted by particles in the atmosphere.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2024
And all that they said and did was refracted by her inattention and shot off towards the rim- bones of nothing.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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