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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

"These allegations are all either baseless or they distort the truth," he has said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

I think he used to distort things physically and now he does it verbally more than any other way.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Earnings for the median S&P 500 company are expected to grow about 10%, Golub noted, “which is kind of very normal. So the weighted number distorts how good things are.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

A good documentarian assembles snippets and shards to create something that illuminates reality, whereas a good humorist distorts or reframes reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

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

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

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Here, Bamford is as honest and casually hysterical as she’s always been, discussing mental illness with the candor such a stigmatized and distorted topic deserves.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The band’s joyful energy was more suitable for bopping than brooding, and Mr. Casablancas’s detached and distorted delivery is distant from grunge’s anguished growls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ramirez’s two classmates, an Asian woman and a white man, remained in the edited version, but they were changed to appear thinner, and their facial features were noticeably distorted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Instead, he mentally revisited the many things that could have distorted the measurement, including small variations in temperature and pressure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Even as she said this, her face was distorted with as much agony as horror.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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

Mr. Druckenmiller argues that such transactions interfere with prices, distorting valuable messages that could be inferred from the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

But there is a risk that, in markets with more retail activity, these same tools could help to drive even more investors into a handful of hot names, crowding stocks and distorting prices.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Suddenly, she whacked her fist against the glass, and a crack stretched along the entirety of the screen like a spiderweb, the colors distorting, bands of deep red stretching across the image.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny