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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
Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 Apr. 2026
The notice advises residents to avoid using tap water to drink, cook, wash hands or dishes, bathe or other household uses.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 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
Rinsing rice and cooking it with extra water, then draining, can lower arsenic by up to 60 percent.
—Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 Apr. 2026
The notice advises residents to avoid using tap water to drink, cook, wash hands or dishes, bathe or other household uses.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 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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Through immersive sound, travel, and intimate interviews, Baudelaire journeys from Benin to Haiti and across the Haitian diaspora to uncover the true story of Vodou — a story of resistance, faith, and cultural survival that’s often been distorted by fear and colonial mythmaking.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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This also distorts the definition of what success for these programs would look like.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Game 6 would be back at Kia Center, and a potential Game 7 would return to Detroit, where anything can happen.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Start the conversation, make your point clearly, and let the response shape what happens next instead of adjusting midstream.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein is making her first foray as a hotel owner.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Much to the chagrin of his parents, too, who didn’t want the chef’s life for him.—
Timothy DePeugh,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Tampa landed an instant impact guy in this range last year in WR Emeka Egbuka and probably just did it again with Bain.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The administration’s own projections show a $23 billion gap between income and outgo for 2026-27 and similar gaps for the following two years if nothing is done.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Nuclear talks would come later, only after a US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is lifted.—
Jon Herskovitz,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Being selected to play on Marist’s varsity as a freshman came with a caveat for Max DeHoyos.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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