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Because it can respond differently depending on the speed of an impact, it could absorb energy or deform in a controlled way during a collision, helping reduce the risk of injury.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

Defensive wars don’t merely protect states, they also deform them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

"If we permanently deform a tyre, it doesn't roll efficiently, and we have issues with power loss," says Dr Padula.

From BBC ● May 12, 2025

I love this quote by Ntozake Shange: “i cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that i was taught to hate myself in.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

He felt naked, transparent; he felt that this white man, having helped to put him down, having helped to deform him, held him up now to look at him and be amused.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

This alloy softens and deforms at relatively low temperatures — around 500 F — well below the intensity of a typical house fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

This becomes particularly challenging when the brain itself moves and deforms inside an organism's flexible body, e.g. in a worm.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023

But if you make the walls too thin, your jack-o’-lantern’s fangs will become inward-curving skin tabs as the pulp desiccates and deforms.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022

Magma forcing its way through rock generates distinctive types of earthquakes, deforms the land as it ascends and unleashes noxious gases.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022

All that carving on Henry the Seventh's Chapel simply deforms the stones of it.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin

AI software can identify each open blossom and direct a robotic arm — or a worker — to release pollen with the precision needed to avoid deformed fruit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

They have been shaped, but not deformed, by military service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

When many nucleons participate in these coordinated transitions, the nucleus becomes strongly deformed.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

More than a dozen countries took part in the weeks-long search for the vessel, which was eventually located a year later by a private British marine robotics firm, its hull dented and deformed.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

But she couldn’t ever remember seeing a baboon that deformed.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

A spokesman for Poland's long-distance rail operator, PKP Intercity, told AFP the heatwave was expected to affect traffic, with overhead power lines sagging and rails deforming.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Vidale said it’s likely the outer core is deforming the shape of the inner core, pushing it a kilometer or two in areas where they rub together with force.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

Low-pressure environments are generally unfavorable for microbes, since these conditions will cause the water in cells to evaporate, deforming their structure.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024

Moreover, deforming any material requires energy, which thus impedes large deformations.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

He saw Jan as though someone had performed an operation upon his eyes, or as though someone had snatched a deforming mask from Jan’s face.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright