distorted
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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
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
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
The only light came from the hall, and Coraline, who was standing in the doorway, cast a huge and distorted shadow onto the drawing room carpet—she looked like a thin giant woman.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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Elie Wiesel's "Hope, Despair and Memory" (1986)
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