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Recent Examples of manipulation
Designed as a mobile smart home assistant, the humanoid-style system combines autonomous navigation, robotic manipulation, and generative AI to automate household tasks across connected appliances within the LG ThinQ ecosystem.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Regulations are needed to ensure that the markets operate with integrity and transparency, and prevent market manipulation and insider trading by government officials.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Under the skylight of a 10-foot industrial ceiling is a cold, foreboding blacksmith’s forge — which, on an active day, would heat up to 2,500 degrees — surrounded by uncut, conical metal templates awaiting manipulation.
—Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Prosecutors say David Kats used drugs, deception and manipulation to prey on women for nearly a decade.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 6 May 2026
And research illustrates that agents can be easily tricked into bad behavior, such as overcorrecting when told not to do something, being persuaded by human appeals to urgency and simple manipulation tricks.
—Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
This disruptive transit continues to expose manipulation, power dynamics and the subtle ways control operates in our everyday interactions.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
The agreements also take aim at China’s control and manipulation of the global production of heavy rare earths, which are used for making powerful, heat-resistant magnets in industries such as defense and electric vehicles.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
While the Yankees don’t appear to be motivated by service time manipulation, that could be another consequence of Volpe’s demotion.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Regulations are needed to ensure that the markets operate with integrity and transparency, and prevent market manipulation and insider trading by government officials.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Under the skylight of a 10-foot industrial ceiling is a cold, foreboding blacksmith’s forge — which, on an active day, would heat up to 2,500 degrees — surrounded by uncut, conical metal templates awaiting manipulation.
—Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Prosecutors say David Kats used drugs, deception and manipulation to prey on women for nearly a decade.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 6 May 2026
And research illustrates that agents can be easily tricked into bad behavior, such as overcorrecting when told not to do something, being persuaded by human appeals to urgency and simple manipulation tricks.
—Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
This disruptive transit continues to expose manipulation, power dynamics and the subtle ways control operates in our everyday interactions.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
The agreements also take aim at China’s control and manipulation of the global production of heavy rare earths, which are used for making powerful, heat-resistant magnets in industries such as defense and electric vehicles.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
While the Yankees don’t appear to be motivated by service time manipulation, that could be another consequence of Volpe’s demotion.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulation
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Lee instead pivots to a 2023 bribery scandal that has nothing to do with the engineering, fire codes or testing protocols that govern these facilities.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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To this end, the robot symbolizes changes in moon missions’ objectives from pure observation and sample collection to more of an on-site engineering project.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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After a 23-43 season in his first season, Jackson leads the Warriors to back-to-back playoff appearances with 47 and 51 wins but was fired amid a backdrop of friction with management (including team advisor Jerry West) and fostering a poor work environment.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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Educators are overhauling their classroom management approach to cut down on the chaos.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The one-hour event Wednesday, hosted by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, focused early on on the city’s handling of the disaster, which destroyed thousands of homes and left 12 people dead.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Its vision is sharp and clever, its humor unexpected, and its handling of themes of mortality and home genuinely moving.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 May 2026
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Moving the Department of Education under the governor’s control just gives even more power to the same Sacramento insiders who have turned our schools into some of the worst in the country.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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As Polis has discovered, firm Democratic control doesn’t translate into a unified vision for the state.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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The incident occurred as Minneapolis faced tensions from federal immigration enforcement operations, reflecting a broader uptick in threats against Congress members in recent years.—
Tim Sullivan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Federal agents swarmed a California park Wednesday as part of a sweeping operation targeting an infamous open-air drug market notorious for peddling fentanyl and methamphetamine.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Bass defended her administration’s handling of homelessness, pointing to declining homelessness counts and the city’s Inside Safe program, while criticizing Raman’s record on police hiring and past votes against some encampment enforcement measures near schools and other sensitive sites.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
8 May 2026
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The current administration has taken a more disciplined approach to accountability, and congressional Republicans have been more engaged in providing the kind of oversight the Constitution envisions.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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While written on the advice of the British government, much of the language and tone come from Charles himself, the source added.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The new law will also allow residents or the state's Attorney General to sue local and county governments over their voting processes or plans.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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All these machinations have the effect of firming up JoAnne and Duncan’s conspiratorial relationship.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
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That has included supporting electoral fraud, economic machination, media manipulation and use of force and violence.—
Lena Surzhko Harned,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
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“Manipulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulation. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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