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They also revealed dislocations moving from the layer interfaces into the surrounding CoAl layers, helping explain how the material could deform without quickly fracturing.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

Although the word defect may suggest a weakness, dislocations can help metals deform under extreme force instead of breaking apart.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

Defensive wars don’t merely protect states, they also deform them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

The tyres need to be able to deform as they go over rocks and then ping back to their original shape.

From BBC ● May 12, 2025

“Or your hand will move and you’ll deform yourself.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

This alloy softens and deforms at relatively low temperatures — around 500 F — well below the intensity of a typical house fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

The zinc oxide material was chosen for its piezoelectric properties, which means that when it waves, bends, or deforms under motion, it generates electric potential.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023

One type of virus carried by mites results in a bee being born with no abdomen, while another deforms their wings and leaves them too weak to fly.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2023

But if you make the walls too thin, your jack-o’-lantern’s fangs will become inward-curving skin tabs as the pulp desiccates and deforms.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022

It made me tremble a little, even at this distance, to think what a sad thing passion is, when way is given to its ungovernable tumults, and how it deforms and debases the noblest minds.

From Pamela, Volume II by Samuel Richardson

It exhibits more modest 4p-4h excitations and therefore remains far less deformed.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

More than a dozen countries took part in the weeks-long search for the vessel, which was eventually located a year later by a private British marine robotics firm, its hull dented and deformed.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

The medical examiner retrieved a deformed metal projectile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

Neave, now 18, suffers from curvature of the spine, muscle wastage, scar tissue, and deformed feet, Natasha added.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

Tatt Man passed his hand over his deformed face.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

A spokesman for Poland's long-distance rail operator, PKP Intercity, told AFP the heatwave was expected to affect traffic, with overhead power lines sagging and rails deforming.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Vidale said it’s likely the outer core is deforming the shape of the inner core, pushing it a kilometer or two in areas where they rub together with force.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

"It got to the point where the cysts started growing under my skin and deforming the shape of my face, so I was put through to a dermatologist," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024

The deforming rock can lead to stress changes that either destabilize or stabilize faults.

From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024

He saw Jan as though someone had performed an operation upon his eyes, or as though someone had snatched a deforming mask from Jan’s face.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright