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as in to distort
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data
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as in to happen
to take place
wondered what was cooking when several police cars pulled up to their neighbor's house
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Recent Examples of cook
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2026
Everybody needs to know how to cook rice.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Quinoa, a pseudocereal in the amaranth family, has become an increasingly popular grain among chefs and home cooks.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Doro Wat, a traditional Ethiopian chicken stew, slow cooked with berbere spices, onions, and served with injera.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2026
Everybody needs to know how to cook rice.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Noun
Adults are required to stay outside the cook zone until teams, which range from one to five students, have turned in their brisket.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Quinoa, a pseudocereal in the amaranth family, has become an increasingly popular grain among chefs and home cooks.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026
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Verb
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The first mystery that could be solved involves an ultradense clump of matter detected in the system JVAS B1938+666, which is gravitationally lensed, or visibly distorted, thanks to a quirk of general relativity.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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The loans granted by a government to firms may distort competition within the European market and therefore are prohibited by the European Union.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
Verb
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Officials are still trying to determine what happened aboard the ship, which commands fares of up to $28,845 for a 46-day journey that includes a tour of the Antarctica Peninsula and stops in Tierra del Fuego on the southern edge of Argentina.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Voters who won the case wanted the transfer to happen without the waiting period to grant more time for new maps to be drawn.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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For the mom who's a chef, and spends most weekends in her garden, this is the perfect gift.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
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The gyuto was born when Western culinary influences became de rigeur, and chefs needed a more versatile blade shape, adept at push cuts and pull-through slicing, with a slight curve that allowed some light chopping.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
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The authors, not content to simply defend their viewpoint, misrepresent our organization’s positions on the range of harms that children in DCFS custody experience.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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California’s consumer protection and false advertising laws also forbid misrepresenting goods or services.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Should Congress do more to hold the president accountable?—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Wins and losses in this league for starters are highly dependent on a lot of other guys doing their jobs as well.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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But there was something delightful about how each new director built on the original formula.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are ways of using social media as just a private photo album or a diary, but it is designed to be public and for content to spread beyond its context.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The French Revolution, coming so soon after America’s successful War of Independence, had produced first the Terror and then a war of conquest that culminated in humiliating defeat.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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And make no mistake, his voice will matter in what comes next.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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