distortion
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The Interior secretary told CNN at the time that bad actors could take advantage of radar distortion to “launch a swarm drone attack through a wind farm,” which Lippold said is laughable.
From Los Angeles Times
As long as we’re stuck with a version of CAFE, though, there is another change needed to eliminate a distortion: Stop averaging miles per gallon and start averaging gallons burned per thousand miles.
The scene turns surreal with camera distortion and zoom shots to convey his hallucinatory point of view.
From Los Angeles Times
Hammack said a favorable inflation reading for November released last week likely understated 12-month price growth due to data-collection distortions created by the government shutdown in October and the first half of November.
They cited distortions caused by the shutdown, as well as the deferred resignation of 160,000 or so federal employees who were offered buyouts in the spring.
From MarketWatch
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