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garbles

  • present tense form
    of garble (3rd person singular).
    garble
    verb (used with object)
    to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble.

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Fetterman has been campaigning and speaking at public events, but speaks haltingly at times, garbles an occasional word and struggles to hear through background noise and quickly process what he’s hearing.

From Washington Times Sep. 23, 2022

Fetterman has been campaigning and speaking at public events but avoids reporters, speaks haltingly at times, garbles an occasional word and struggles to hear through background noise and quickly process what he’s hearing.

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2022

High-dimensional sphere packings are related to the error-correcting techniques used to fix garbles in the transmission of information.

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2022

Meta is adding a new “voice mode” to Horizon Worlds that garbles any voice chat coming from non-friends on the VR social platform, the company has announced.

From The Verge Jun. 14, 2022

His figure grows staticky and his voice garbles.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera