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Recent Examples of tamper
Though not all keyless entry door locks can integrate with your home-security system, some may have built-in alarms that activate in the event of tampering.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Olathe’s municipal code states that people can’t tamper or modify the bike to change its speed capabilities.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
This ensures that no one is tempted to tamper (in an unnecessary way) with a passenger’s property.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
No jury tampering found A large portion of Carollo’s plea to the Court of Appeals revolved around his accusation that the jury had been tampered with.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Olathe’s municipal code states that people can’t tamper or modify the bike to change its speed capabilities.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
This ensures that no one is tempted to tamper (in an unnecessary way) with a passenger’s property.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
No jury tampering found A large portion of Carollo’s plea to the Court of Appeals revolved around his accusation that the jury had been tampered with.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamper
Verb
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The officials were fooled, ruling it incomplete.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Don’t let the domesticity fool you, however.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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More than two years after the fatal shooting, Lorincz maintained her side of the story that the kids had trespassed on her property and threatened her life.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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On Monday, authorities received reports of a shirtless man trespassing at a residence in Bedias – located about 150 miles south of Alvarado – the previous day, the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, Congress fiddles while structural defects in Medicare and Social Security threaten to engulf the programs.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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But in private, Arthur advises her to exercise a little more discretion in her, um, fiddling.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some of those territories were invaded with the tacit support of Western allies keen to prop up an anti-communist leader, at a time when proxy conflicts backed by the US and the Soviet Union raged across the Global South.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Russia’s national teams have been banned from IIHF competition since the country invaded Ukraine in February 2022, so a player like Privalov can’t participate in the U18 Worlds or the World Juniors.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The White House is also conceding by reversing federal worker layoffs and committing to encroach less on Congress' spending authority.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Salt water from the encroaching ocean threatens the drinking-water supply.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Bears will be prepared for the environment, but getting that Morgantown monkey off their back will take a lot more than imagined.—
Michael Haag,
Dallas News,
10 Oct. 2022
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With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don’t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan.—
Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 July 2021
Verb
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Now, without benefits, working SNAP recipients like Richardson are left with few options, which health and labor experts warn could push these recipients into poverty and infringe on childhood development.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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And in one of the more surprising findings, Stein also concluded that ChatGPT’s answers can possibly be found to infringe upon the books they’re trained on.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Besides Adebayo, Miami’s only other available center was two-way contract player Vlad Goldin, who arrived from a G-League assignment but did not play.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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The three titles that were won with fewer than 90 points were wrapped up with at least three games still to play, which led to an easing off in the final weeks.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Tamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamper. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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