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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

Categories like the trade deficit and inventories tend to distort GDP in the short run, but they don’t have a huge impact on the overall economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

And there the ginger smell was sharp, sharp enough to distort dreams and make the sleeper believe the things he hungered for were right at hand.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

However, the map severely distorts the shapes of Earth's landmasses, making them all look slightly off.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

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

“Inflation distorts all forms of capital income and expense, not just capital gains,” observed Elena Patel of the Brookings Institution earlier this month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

The difference in tangential velocities deflects or distorts it.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Some critics think a 2024 move from phone-based to online surveys by Michigan might have distorted its sentiment readings, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Nicaragua's statements "create an inaccurate and distorted picture", said Monar.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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

Out of the locket’s two windows, out of the eyes, there bloomed, like two grotesque bubbles, the heads of Harry and Hermione, weirdly distorted.

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

But the science he was distorting is real - and much more interesting than his original claim.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The jump in prices in certain sectors highlights the ways that the spending habits of the wealthy are distorting the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026

His side accused Lively of distorting events on set and filed a defamation suit seeking $400 million in damages against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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

I stared at the empty asphalt, the heat distorting my vision.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green