perverts 1 of 2

plural of pervert

perverts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pervert
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as in abuses
to put to a bad or improper use accused of perverting the Internal Revenue Service by using it to harass political opponents

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Verb
  • The African Union argues that the Mercator projection distorts the continent, both in size and global attention.
    Big Think, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Fatigue distorts a leader’s judgment.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But outside of the ring, Christy hides and represses her lesbianism and winds up marrying her trainer Jim Martin (Ben Foster), who manipulates and physically abuses her.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are villains in every episode and the story uses them to showcase some societal issues.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Eugene Domingo stars as Mauricia, a disrespected restaurant worker who, while watching soap operas one night, gets sucked through her TV screen into a training academy for villains.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.
    Brendan Harley, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • David McNew/Getty Images Dessler is just one of many leading climate scientists who voiced concerns about the DOE report, saying it is riddled with errors, shows signs of bias and misrepresents some research findings in order to downplay the threats from climate change.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dendrite growth degrades battery performance and can cause internal short-circuits, making fast charging particularly dangerous.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For investigators, that extra time means memories fade and evidence degrades.
    Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Task subverts expectations without sanctimony.
    Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a team of researchers revealed how Gemini can be weaponized via Targeted Promptware Attacks—malware that subverts Gemini through its input prompts.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Bottom line—moving Space Command headquarters weakens our national security at the worst possible time.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • If employees rely on tools only for quick answers, curiosity weakens.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Perverts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perverts. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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