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Recent Examples of tamper
Barrett has been criticized in recent days over her ruling, but Trump sought to tamper the concerns by highlighting her capabilities aboard Air Force One on Sunday.
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Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
One is Nixon Perez, who was charged with felony tampering in Adams County after picking up bullet casings from a firefight in the summer of 2024 before police arrived.
—Martin Kaste, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
This one-way hashing algorithm secures blockchain integrity and prevents tampering.
—Yuval Boger, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The Los Angeles Rams made a massive splash before the NFL free agency tampering window even opened.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
One is Nixon Perez, who was charged with felony tampering in Adams County after picking up bullet casings from a firefight in the summer of 2024 before police arrived.
—Martin Kaste, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
This one-way hashing algorithm secures blockchain integrity and prevents tampering.
—Yuval Boger, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The Los Angeles Rams made a massive splash before the NFL free agency tampering window even opened.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamper
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Don’t let the name fool you: Apple TV+’s new science-fiction series Murderbot isn’t actually about a rampaging robot killing everything in sight, though Alexander Skarsgard’s SecUnit certainly ponders the idea from time to time.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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One common jailbreak involved fooling ChatGPT by asking it to role-play as a different AI—one that had no rules and was allowed to write phishing e-mails.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
7 May 2025
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Locals who spoke to the outlets said that the industrial park had fallen into disrepair in recent years, and teenagers would often trespass onto the property.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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That investigation found two other Seattle police officers who also attended the rally had trespassed near the Capitol, and, on a disciplinary committee's recommendation, both were fired.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2025
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The earphones do a good job with the stereo balance, though, making the electric guitar and fiddle all the more dynamic.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Many of the rituals that once brought the community together—the Kiwanis Club Ice Fishing Derby, fiddling contests so explosive that spectators sometimes came to blows—have faded away.—
Chelsea Edgar,
The New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2025
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This metabolically active fat accumulates around the waist, surrounding and invading the heart, liver, and pancreas.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Georgetown Law School Professor David Super also questioned the amount of deference that Haines gave the administration, including on the questions of whether Tren de Aragua is invading the U.S. and whether the Venezuelan government is responsible.—
Joe Walsh
May 15,
CBS News,
15 May 2025
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As the Nazis encroached on Czechoslovakia in 1938, the Löw-Beers fled.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 May 2025
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As human settlements expanded on islands where the auk nested, the bird's habitat was further encroached upon.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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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
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Of note: Your Content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The defense team insisted their client wanted to be physically present for the hearing, and argued that ruling otherwise would infringe on his rights.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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While physicians don’t have a definitive answer as to why heart failure typically causes cognitive decline, the following factors may play a role: Changes to the heart.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
16 May 2025
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The Lynx play the Liberty four times in a rematch of last year’s finals.—
Richard Deitsch,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Tamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamper. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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