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“Southern Glazer’s employees tried to distort the wine and spirits market in California through bribes and other improper conduct and in the end it was the consumer that lost out,” U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

One reason the Fed has a target of 2% inflation is because higher prices distort signals in the economy, making it harder for manufacturers to gauge demand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Add in the ever-growing quality of deepfakes, and it has never been easier to not only distort reality, but also to establish one’s own beachhead on it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

“Should you fail to do what Capricorn asks, should it occur to you to stumble over the words on purpose, or distort them so the guest Capricorn is expecting does not come, then...”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

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

Proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, general relativity describes gravity as the bending of spacetime by mass, similar to how a heavy object distorts a stretched surface.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026

Bad weather often distorts the jobs report by making it seem as if employment was weaker than it really was.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

The difference in tangential velocities deflects or distorts it.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

"But correcting a distorted representation is already an act of truth."

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

You see in him what you want, most often a distorted version of yourself.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

In this alternate universe, beautiful people have pig snouts, distorted mouths, and sagging cheeks.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

Serge's own artworks, including a distorted Count Duckula and a vintage apothecary cabinet, decorate the kitchen.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The ice reflected his distorted shadow and the beam of wandlight, but deep below the thick, misty gray carapace, something else glinted.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

“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

Thomas Pearce, 19, from Old Colwyn, Conwy, has Pfeiffer Syndrome, which causes the skull to prematurely fuse in the womb, distorting the shape of the head and face.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

But there is a risk that, in markets with more retail activity, these same tools could help to drive even more investors into a handful of hot names, crowding stocks and distorting prices.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Frank believes that lavish spending by the wealthy is distorting both the economy and society-at-large, affecting everyone up and down the income ladder — and contributing to this ongoing sense of dissatisfaction and frustration.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

She drove to the birth in dark glasses, trying to peer through the waves distorting her vision.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover