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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
Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Outline Interiors There’s no shortage of storage in this River North kitchen, which Outline Interiors designed with the client's love for cooking and entertaining in mind.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 12 Mar. 2025
From decorating a honey lemon cake to organizing a celebratory brunch, royal family fans and aspiring cooks alike learned plenty of tips and tricks from the Duchess of Sussex and her guests.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Verb
It's created by slowly cooking parts of a cow over low heat until the fat separates from the meat tissue.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Outline Interiors There’s no shortage of storage in this River North kitchen, which Outline Interiors designed with the client's love for cooking and entertaining in mind.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
With these four tools, a home cook is able to accomplish a large swath of stovetop tasks in the kitchen: pan frying, deep frying, sautéing, boiling, braising, searing, stewing, saucing, melting, tempering, steaming, and the list goes on.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 12 Mar. 2025
From decorating a honey lemon cake to organizing a celebratory brunch, royal family fans and aspiring cooks alike learned plenty of tips and tricks from the Duchess of Sussex and her guests.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Trump portrait removed from Colorado Capitol after president called it 'distorted' Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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And Washington demanded that the Chinese government stop subsidizing the production and export of goods, which distorted the global marketplace.—
Michael B. G. Froman,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Mar. 2025
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Even if United win the Europa League this season, the club’s prize money would fail to hit £40m. Such a triumph would, however, bring a financial boon that won’t be happening via United’s league finish this season: a return to the Champions League.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
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These offer more insight into party members, the consequences of events that happen in the main story, and the general nature of society in New Los Angeles.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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Tip: Opt in for the property’s add-on chef service for a memorable dinner.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
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Mozza founder and Ojai Valley Inn culinary ambassador Nancy Silverton was at the Ojai Food + Wine Festival in part to host a dinner with chefs Jonathan Waxman, Evan Funke and Sarah Cicolini of the great Rome restaurant Santo Palato.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by members of the church in October 2024, stems from allegations that Gateway was not transparent with its finances and misrepresented how donations were spent despite generating $100 million in revenue in the past, according to The Christian Post.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2025
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Practicing Forgiveness—For Your Partner And Yourself Much like gratitude, forgiveness is commonly misrepresented.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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This was a manual process, done by our sound team and Respeecher in post-production.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2025
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In the intervening years, questions swirled around the 24-year-old's killing — and so did speculation.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Season 1 didn’t have a ton of mixing, but there was such a great conflict established between Armond and Shane.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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There was also a plan for a new ground at Walton Hall Park, a short distance north of Goodison, with designs drawn up by architects Idom.—
Tom Burrows,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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