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Such choices don’t distort the market—they are integral to the market and unavoidable.

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

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

Categories like the trade deficit and inventories tend to distort GDP in the short run, but they don’t have a huge impact on the overall economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Even when I quote them accurately, I profoundly distort my parents’ words.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Mitchell and Pomerleau argue the exclusion is inefficient, distorts economic decision-making, and treats taxpayers with similar levels of income differently.

From Barron's ● May 13, 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

"J1007+3540 is one of the clearest and most spectacular examples of episodic AGN with jet-cluster interaction, where the surrounding hot gas bends, compresses, and distorts the jets," Dr. Pal explained.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026

"When you go through something like that so young it kind of distorts your reality for a long time," Pesante said.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Unlike most mortals, she could see through the Mist—the magic veil that distorts human vision.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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

Estimates can also be distorted when women in control groups later receive screening themselves.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 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

Some critics think a 2024 move from phone-based to online surveys by Michigan might have distorted its sentiment readings, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“How could I be better for any of this?” he asked, horrified at how distorted and liquid his words sounded, as if he were speaking through the blowhole of a whale.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

But the science he was distorting is real - and much more interesting than his original claim.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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

It is distorting the stock market, profits, the speed and composition of economic growth, trade and even our moods—especially about the job market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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