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as in misrepresenting
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
the coach's message was so distorted after passing through so many people that it was unintelligible
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as in deforming
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
if you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position
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Recent Examples of distorting
Today, tariffs are distorting international trade, conflict is raging with Russia’s war on Ukraine, there have been flare-ups between Israel and Iran and the US is seizing oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Economists cautioned that recent data should be interpreted carefully, as a 43-day federal government shutdown disrupted the collection of household data, potentially distorting figures on employment.
—Benzinga, Freep.com, 20 Dec. 2025
For heavier items like sweaters or suiting, lay the garments flat on a towel and roll them up to squeeze out the excess water without twisting or distorting the garment.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
From leopards in backyards and raccoons riding crocodiles, to bunnies on trampolines, scientists warn that these digital deepfakes are distorting people’s sense of what the natural world looks like.
—New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
Or is something distorting our view of the economy?
—NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
While the technology is presented as a tool to preserve memories and help people process grief, critics called it immoral and unnatural, saying that simulating the dead risks distorting their memory or interfering with the grieving process.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Over the summer, officials in Turkey — where the lawsuit says some of the allegedly fraudulent Drake streams originated — started investigating Spotify over several allegations, including bribes for playlist placement and bot streams distorting domestic charts.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
All the shadows and jagged angles evoke German Expressionism, distorting Ronnie’s confrontation into something both surreal and terrifyingly recognizable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
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In response, some on the right charged that the Times and its allies in academia were negatively misrepresenting American history.—
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In November 2023, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin began investigating First Choice Women’s Resource Center to see whether the nonprofit had violated state consumer fraud laws by misrepresenting its services to clients, donors and the public.—
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The membrane bottleneck Most TFC membranes today can handle about 15-20 bar pressure before deforming.—
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Outside that moment, everyone resumed contorting themselves to serve the Establishment in one way or another to survive.—
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The shoulder cut-out is designed for side sleepers, so there’s no pillow-bunching or spine-contorting in the process of getting comfortable.—
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Cattano suggests screwing mug hooks into the bottom of kitchen cabinets to utilize that space between the cupboards and the countertops.—
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That’s because the president doesn’t care about screwing people.—
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Hundreds — some with and some without criminal records — have vanished without due process indefinitely into the prison systems of other countries infamous for torturing inmates.—
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Dahbia Benkired was convicted of raping, torturing and killing Lola Daviet, according the BBC, BFMTV and The New York Times.—
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Robinson got confused, tried to switch onto the curling Dixon-Waters while his defender, Chuck Bailey III, also trailed him to the wing, leaving Gwath alone under the basket for an easy dunk.—
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Rentable cabanas along the trail are great for gatherings and s'mores, and weekly sessions of ice bocce (a blend of curling and bocce ball) amp up the fun.—
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Flimsy rims don’t offer enough structural support to the sheet as a whole and can lead to warping.—
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Paramount, the people of New York (and, more broadly, the American people who have been inspired by Mamdani’s rise) can also be freer in their activism and political imaginations with a mayor free of such warping pressures.—
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“Distorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorting. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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