refract
verb (used with object)
to subject to refraction.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Like any work concerned with urbanity and technology, Nors’ novellas must consider how these forces have refracted the human experience.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2016