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[wawrp] / wɔrp /


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But the hearing wasn’t the only recent time warp.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

The New York Times calling it "cold and forbidding", while the Washington Post described it as a "time warp."

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

A decade later, Starlink is now generating enough money to bankroll a company that burns through it at warp speed.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

When I recently watched both movies again, it was like falling into a musical comedy time warp.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

But, unlike Brent, he reverses course, stunning at warp speed—lunging, legs, arms, foil extending, then retreating.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

In “Send Help,” Linda’s authority ultimately warps her as it did her superior.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

At its core, she explains, lying is "telling a story with the intention to deceive people" and that warps reality in a powerful way which she warns can ultimately be damaging.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

This matters not just because it warps truth and dishonors Good’s memory but because it makes improving the world impossible.

From Slate Jan. 9, 2026

The main character’s epistolary obsession with a man named Dick warps into a kind of “performative philosophy,” an activity that perhaps all of Kraus’ novels are engaged in.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2024

Most of Trout’s novels, after all, dealt with time warps and extrasensory perception and other unexpected things.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Alison remembers her mother collecting melted bottles and warped pans left by the Bel-Air fire that tore through Laurel Canyon shortly before the family relocated there.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Two load-bearing columns of a 37-story tower currently under construction, located near Grand Central Terminal, warped and several floors sagged on Tuesday.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Everything from eating out to kids’ extracurricular activities has been warped by the wealthy’s ability to spend regardless of the price, said Brian Eder, managing partner and private wealth advisor at OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners.

From MarketWatch Jun. 13, 2026

"Even the idea of what is attractive and what is unattractive is becoming warped," he says.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

‘Soon they drifted into evil, warped by their hunger for power.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

In this special three-part podcast, “AI and the Blurring of Reality,” Wall Street Journal personal-technology columnist Nicole Nguyen explores the ways that artificial intelligence is warping our understanding of what is real.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Over a microphone, designer Callie Kinnan describes her decision to resew the entire garment in a new material: “The stretch mesh didn’t work. It kept warping when I sewed.”

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

It took Jadoon and his team months of welding and warping to fashion his Optimus Prime, with over 90 percent of its parts sourced from discarded vehicle pieces.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

"These materials tend to be porous, which significantly reduces their strength, and the parts suffer from excessive shrinkage, which causes warping," he says.

From Science Daily Oct. 9, 2025

“Well, I just want to be sure. Maybe Charles Fort’s warping my brain, but stories about teleportation and people vanishing into thin air...we should check.”

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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