as in distorts
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
a disease that she contracted during childhood caused her spine to become misshaped
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Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
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This lyrical collection from B Batchelor—a 2025 Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellow, and a recipient of multiple awards from PEN America—explores the way incarceration distorts time.
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Not the fun stuff – waving down at your antlike neighbors, chatting up green alien dudes – but the dicey stuff like zero gravity and sound and communication distortions?
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Timing, adjustments and sometimes outright manipulation can create distortions that do not survive a quality-of-earnings review.
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When an object touches a sucker, the silicone deforms and changes the light reflection pattern.
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Kinks are critical in determining where a material deforms, appearing in situations such as metals bending permanently or DNA strands separating.
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In 2024, Finkelstein signed the test of one student athlete as normal even though some of the results indicated abnormalities.
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If left untreated, Lyme disease can progress to cause facial paralysis, heart rhythm abnormalities, arthritis and other serious complications.
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Monk’s music contorts into an ecstatic dance, one more befitting of a ritual trance state than a night at the Five Spot.
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Bridges contorts his body, and jacks up an errant layup, but the play isn’t done there.
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Roughly one-third of congenital heart defects in children with Down syndrome resolve naturally, and many need only a minor intervention.
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These defects do not occur naturally but are created.
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The retrospection tortures her.
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Later, in one of the movie's most satisfying scenes, Millie locks Andrew in the attic and tortures him by loudly smashing each plate.
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Ingrown Toenails Can Form Long-term pressure from too-tight shoes, poor nail trimming, or other deformities in toe or foot can cause an ingrown toenail.
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The toebox’s square shape is also particularly accommodating for bunion deformities.
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“Misshapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misshapes. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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