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The conflation of spirituality and naked self-interest weaves throughout “Your Mother” as both Latif and Hwan distort their religions’ beliefs to justify their actions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

That’s what happens when a subject is obscured by layers of semi-permeable barriers of their own making: Eventually, the image distorts.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

And he bemoaned a rise in public anger "that distorts and corrodes our public discourse".

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

Instead of making her clients beautiful, she distorts them.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Without ritual tied to a place, grief is distorted and our living connections to the dead have no structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

An Israeli government minister has said the claims presented in the film were false and distorted.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

What begins as an honest account of modern life’s bleak state is distorted alongside Berlant’s malleable expressions, slowly blossoming into something life-affirming, like a diamond among the rubble.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 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

It barely even registered that the music, distorted by the narrow corridor into thick, echoing noise, was “Scar Tissue,” one of my favorite tunes.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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

“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

Signs that retail interest could be distorting prices aren’t hard to find: Shares of retail favorites tend to see greater underperformance following a disappointing earnings report, Ali noted.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Those subsidies, heavily criticised in the EU and US for distorting markets, have helped companies expand rapidly and cut prices.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

The night was bleak and rain streaked the windows of the train, distorting the lights beyond, until the lights were gone.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman