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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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Christopher Murray
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Return the pan to the oven and cook 5 minutes more or until the cheese is melted and browned to your liking.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2025
Helen Corbitt, Saveur, 30 July 2025
At tidy, efficient food stands, skilled cooks churned out beautiful plates of food.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Verb
The deep sides are ideal for making sauces, cooking veggies, searing meat and much more.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Return the pan to the oven and cook 5 minutes more or until the cheese is melted and browned to your liking.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
Invented in 1940 by chef Helen Corbitt, the dish evokes a significant moment in Texas cooking, when cooks helped usher the state into the gourmet era—not by slavishly imitating the ways of cities in the North but by using the ingredients at hand.
—Helen Corbitt, Saveur, 30 July 2025
At tidy, efficient food stands, skilled cooks churned out beautiful plates of food.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Verb
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In The Harvard Gazette, psychiatrist Mark Epstein explained how the ego distorts reality by tying us to fear and desire, which clouds our ability to truly see what’s happening.—
Wilson Luna,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Last week, a user was even able to prompt it to deliver a profane rant against Musk and others for trying distort the reality of the Israel-Hamas war.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The show doesn’t just happen in front of them, but around them.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The American Meteor Society says the Perseid meteor shower is active from July through September and its peak activity will happen Aug. 12-13 in the Northern Hemisphere in 2025.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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Johnny McGrew of Mio Vicino Pasta and Pizzeria in Santa Clara says their marinara recipe belonged to the mother of original owner Tommy Caso, who was from Boston’s North End, and was passed down to current head chef Elias Salvador, who has been with them for 33 years.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Bobby is living his dream as a chef in Dallas and enjoying his 20s with his former classmates Connie, Joseph and Chane.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In the letter, Rush claimed past service as a crew member on Titan and misrepresented the size of the vessel, when in fact it had never been registered or admeasured.—
Patrick Whittle,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Fisher gives an example of his own company, which was misrepresented in a Google AI Overview due to a Reddit post about a different business in which his company was mentioned.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Russia has a 50-year goal, to re-unite parts of the old Soviet Union; Ukraine has a more immediate goal, to stop the war and not give up any territory to do so.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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In 2024-2025 the lodge stayed open for the winter, doing events like winemaker dinners.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When that is the mantra and the mindset, there is less inclination to make a certain series bigger.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Two daughters and five restaurants would follow, but before there was a Good Salt Restaurant Group, there had to be one.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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