distorted
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Even in its distorted state, the fossil revealed important details.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
The data are there, he points out, but they are often concealed or distorted.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The story "does not correspond to the truth in any way", spokesman Matteo Bruni said, the day after the Pentagon dismissed the account as "highly exaggerated and distorted".
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Throughout history, he added, the Christian mission “has not infrequently been distorted by a desire for domination, entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
They listened to a country radio station turned up so loud that the twangs of steel guitars were distorted in the Hearse's old speakers.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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Elie Wiesel's "Hope, Despair and Memory" (1986)
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"An Awful Human Trade," Vocabulary from the news article
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