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The phrase "be garbled" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe information that is distorted, unclear, or difficult to understand, often due to errors in transmission or communication.
Example: "The message I received was so garbled that I couldn't make sense of it."
Alternatives: "be distorted" or "be unclear".
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Demonstrator refuses to use Lindbergh's name to be garbled by the contrivance.
Someone appears to be misinformed, or some information must be garbled.
This will stop the hacker seeing anything useful as it will all be garbled nonsense passing over the network.
But she allowed her message to be garbled, which is something she'll have to address going forward.
Several days after being interviewed, Ms. Kraft called a reporter back, worried that her religious message might be garbled.
But new research finds that another symptom may be garbled and disjointed text messages, which could provide early clues to the onset of a stroke.
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Tables are garbled.
The thought is garbled here.
His answer was garbled.
Their communication was garbled at first.
(It was like Garbo talks, then Garbo is garbled).
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