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The conflation of spirituality and naked self-interest weaves throughout “Your Mother” as both Latif and Hwan distort their religions’ beliefs to justify their actions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

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

All of them gasped and grimaced as the potion hit their throats: At once, their features began to bubble and distort like hot wax.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The cluster's powerful gravity bends and distorts the light traveling from those background galaxies, creating a rare effect called strong gravitational lensing.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

“Corruption doesn’t just slow progress, it distorts it. It raises costs, weakens competition, and erodes the trust that markets depend on. It’s not a victimless problem,” Johnson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

One implication of this shift to more protectionism is that it distorts pricing mechanisms in the market, making it “hard to place where the value of a particular commodity is,” JPMorgan’s Kaneva said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

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

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

What begins as an honest account of modern life’s bleak state is distorted alongside Berlant’s malleable expressions, slowly blossoming into something life-affirming, like a diamond among the rubble.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Surging yields in recent weeks have distorted other markets, extending the life expectancy of two other popular flavors of debt securities: mortgage bonds and Treasury futures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In retrospect, Robert Freeman’s autumnal, artfully distorted photograph was an entirely apt image for a worldlier, darker, more grown-up Beatles record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bianco thinks the era of financial repression has given investors a distorted view of what returns they should expect from stocks and bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“No way to be sure. For all I know, this is a unique occurrence. Her memories of mortality are apparently distorted, if she retains them at all.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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

“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

Thomas Pearce, 19, from Old Colwyn, Conwy, has Pfeiffer Syndrome, which causes the skull to prematurely fuse in the womb, distorting the shape of the head and face.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

The jump in prices in certain sectors highlights the ways that the spending habits of the wealthy are distorting the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026

They are created from the most ‘natural’ ratios, even taking into account the distorting fix of Equal Temperament.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall