garble

The inconsistent purity of the copper could garble transmissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Relatively quickly, he returned to his familiar slippery garble with a hit so ubiquitous it felt like a memory of how things once were.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Image: Meta When you use Voice Mode to garble the speech of those around you an icon will appear above your display name to indicate that you can’t hear what strangers are saying.

From The Verge ● Jun. 14, 2022

Unlike vaccines or antibodies that target the spike protein on the surface of the virus, molnupiravir works by introducing genetic errors that garble the coronavirus’s genetic code and stop it from making copies of itself.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021

In each of the examples below, unsplitting the infinitive either changes the sense or leads to garble: The policy of the Army at that time was to not send women into combat roles.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Fetterman has been campaigning and speaking at public events, but speaks haltingly at times, garbles an occasional word and struggles to hear through background noise and quickly process what he’s hearing.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

Fetterman has been campaigning and speaking at public events but avoids reporters, speaks haltingly at times, garbles an occasional word and struggles to hear through background noise and quickly process what he’s hearing.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

Simlish, by contrast, is strung together with round, funny noises; emotional garbles; an uncannily human sound.

From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2020

Raising money from one industry garbles your message on all.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2019

"I thought so, too," Ty says, so quiet the orange phone garbles his voice.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

The group exhibition “To Share a Stomach” is a bit like the children’s game Telephone, in which a phrase, whispered from person to person, inevitably comes out a bit garbled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

If it decides to do nothing, the firm can send an empty or deliberately garbled packet to Eurex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

Still, the October and November employment estimates are sure to be garbled by the deferred resignations of federal employees.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

Air traffic control communications reviewed by BBC Verify are largely garbled and full of interference so no meaningful conversation can be heard about the crash as it unfolded.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

Lucy keeps calling out names, but we’re dropping so fast now that it becomes a garbled mess.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

On the twice-as-expensive and open-back Ether Flows, the same can sometimes sound like distortion or garbling.

From The Verge ● Jul. 30, 2018

Disembodied utterances jumped about the room, were piped out of different speakers and were sometimes superimposed, garbling any attempt at comprehension.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2016

They carried on their small talk, with Jessica garbling her words, until it was time to put the swab back in the see-through container.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2016

The droning whir of the motor, garbling as it chews away stubble, is far from calming.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2015

Later editions of her Surinam book were needlessly reorganized according to different classification systems, garbling and misrepresenting her findings.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman