deform
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At such depths, rocks are generally expected to deform slowly rather than fracture suddenly.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
Defensive wars don’t merely protect states, they also deform them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
"The first thing we did was to deform a piece of metal," Freitas explains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2025
"Without atom motion you have a hard time having the material be able to deform and return," says Dr Padula.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
Internal geological processes slowly deform the surfaces of Venus, Mars, Ganymede and Europa, as well as Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
The researchers also showed that concealed patterns could be detected by gently stretching the material and analyzing how it deforms using digital image correlation analysis.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026
One type of virus carried by mites results in a bee being born with no abdomen, while another deforms their wings and leaves them too weak to fly.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
Peanut butter can be poured into its container and then it deforms, or takes the shape of that container.
From Scientific American ● May 9, 2023
If unsuited to this need, it irritates and deforms character, as a plaster cast compresses a limb encased in it.
From The Cost of Shelter by Ellen H. Richards
This extensive reorganization produces a highly deformed nuclear shape.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
There was the Picasso of late-19th-century realism; the Picasso of angular, broken-down Cubist shapes; the Picasso of playfully deformed portraits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Sun, however, had a problem: a deformed finger that slowed him down and drew the ire of his overseers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
Further investigation revealed that eight frames, the ribs of the ship's structural skeleton, were deformed and that more steel replacement was required.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
It's got five arms, but one is tiny and deformed.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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
"We want to prevent breeders from deforming dogs so much, that they suffer."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 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
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