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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
Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2026
Add white parts of the scallions, garlic, ginger and garlic chili oil to skillet; cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
The former is named for the patron saint of cooks and celebrates coastal Italian fare with a New Orleans tweak, to wit Chef Laura Collins’ Grilled Creole Oysters and Scampi Risotto.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Malai Kofta, Aloo Baingan Marina Makkar mentioned these customer favorites on the 96-item menu:
Chicken Tikka Masala ($16.95): Tender chicken breast pieces cooked in its signature tandoor, then simmered in a creamy tomato sauce.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2026
Add white parts of the scallions, garlic, ginger and garlic chili oil to skillet; cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
The schematic of many singing cooks in one Power Station kitchen changed when their pal Robert Palmer stopped by the studio.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
The former is named for the patron saint of cooks and celebrates coastal Italian fare with a New Orleans tweak, to wit Chef Laura Collins’ Grilled Creole Oysters and Scampi Risotto.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
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Verb
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Likewise, Guy Wolf, global head of market analytics at global financial services platform Marex, signaled that the price action in parts of the precious-metals complex has become increasingly distorted.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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For years, social networks have been plagued by bot accounts which typically mimic human engagement to do things like pump cryptocurrency prices or distort public perception through amplifying hate speech.—
Anna Tong,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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What’s happening in Minneapolis isn’t a policy debate playing out on cable news.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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As often happens during a crisis, the best of intentions can lead to some bad ideas.—
Matthew Kandrach,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Carlo brings a wide range of experience to the AJC as a two-time Telly Award–winning Puerto Rican food media veteran, special events chef and cookbook author.—
Hugo Rojo,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The lobby is divided into pockets, half hidden by mashrabiya screens, centered around a charming viennoiserie by renowned chef Pierre Hermé, where the rows of pretty pastries look almost too good to eat.—
Selina Denman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Jan. 2026
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Stewart recounted how the Department of Homeland Security has continued to misrepresent Pretti’s death and questioned why they would be allowed to investigate the murder themselves.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2026
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According to Nielsen’s 15th annual Black Diverse Intelligence Series, a whopping 71% of Black audiences still feel misrepresented because of this.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Jan. 2026
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And in middle and high schools, teachers are assigning more excerpts and shorter texts, in so doing crowding out whole books and resulting in less overall reading.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Key to the truce continuing to hold is the disarming of Hamas, something that the militant group that has controlled the Palestinian territory since 2007 has refused to do, despite Israel seeing it as nonnegotiable.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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And there are signs that assumptions about men’s unwillingness to use such products are eroding.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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There are more of us than there will ever be of them.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The big moment comes amid the HBO Max drama's breakout success and after the pair was photographed out together several times on Globes weekend.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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The killings came amid a wave of bloody violence tied to drug trafficking and organized crime, which has surged across Ecuador in recent years.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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