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Recent Examples of tamper
Olathe’s existing municipal code states that people can’t tamper or modify bikes to change speed capabilities.
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
Peters is prohibited from talking to representatives of pending free agents from other teams about any potential deal, and obviously, no one would ever illegally tamper at the combine.
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Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
This will hopefully tamper the cedar pollen a bit for a few days.
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Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
This ensures that no one is tempted to tamper (in an unnecessary way) with a passenger’s property.
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Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
Peters is prohibited from talking to representatives of pending free agents from other teams about any potential deal, and obviously, no one would ever illegally tamper at the combine.
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Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
This will hopefully tamper the cedar pollen a bit for a few days.
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Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
This ensures that no one is tempted to tamper (in an unnecessary way) with a passenger’s property.
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Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamper
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Don’t be fooled; this isn’t your typical museum.
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Don’t be fooled by its breezy ’60s-analog vintage pop sound.
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Instead of Cady as rapist, Cape Fear seems to be going for a general theme of Cady as violator, someone who is trespassing not singularly on a female body but on the Bowdens’ trustworthiness.
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The government has no place to trespass on a founding principle of this nation.
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Hinges There is a good chance your baby will often fiddle around with their sunglasses.
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The contract model means that when Congress fiddles, it isn’t impacted.
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The invading army of World Cup tourists love our hospitality, barbeque, ranch dressing, bars, superstores, fast food and our all-around coolness.
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Upon their return, most ended up in countries that were invaded and subdued by the German army.
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The latest installment shifts focus from the dynamic between Woody and Buzz to Jessie, telling a story about the encroaching role of technology in children’s development.
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People around Putin cannot afford to step outside their sphere of responsibility or encroach on someone else’s interests (with some exceptions in the military and security services).
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Roberts wrote that limits on the president's ability to fire those who wield executive power on his behalf infringe on his constitutional authority.
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Fleming said such projects infringe on private property rights and federal government subsidies for the technology are wasteful.
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For tour this time around, Pillsbury is looking forward to playing larger venues, which offer space for grander production.
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The elder Moniak, now 86, played six seasons in the Red Sox farm system from 1958-63, and like Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, was among the young outfielders who benefited from the tutelage of a special batting instructor named Ted Williams at spring training ‘61-63.
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Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor Donaldson, was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offenses for witnessing the abuse and doing nothing to intervene.
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This means dense lanes of intervening galactic dust block our view, significantly dimming Terzan 5's apparent brightness.
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“Tamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamper. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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