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In the new study, the scientists created a computer model that estimated how huge amounts of ice would have deformed under pressure and flowed over the ancient land between 31,000 and 15,000 years ago.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 31, 2022

Canova is said to have deformed his sternum by bending his chest on a hammer for hours.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2021

Babies that survive might have deformed bones, jaundiced skin, or brain or nerve damage.

From Nature • Sep. 30, 2018

Thrust faults have deformed the non-volcanic eastern spine, pushing rocks and pieces of a continental plate on top of each other.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The abuses which have deformed every State religion in turn are evident to all,—even to those who still help to support them; but the origin of those abuses is not generally ascertained.

From The Essential Faith of the Universal Church Deduced from the Sacred Records by Martineau, Harriet