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Recent Examples of tamper
That has led to Wisconsin filing a lawsuit claiming Miami tampered, a suit in which UM has filed a motion to dismiss.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
However, this also means that definitive conclusions about tampering require access to the original files that the experts did not have.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
He was convicted of jury tampering earlier that year.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
Victoria Caldwell and Stubblefield pleaded guilty to evidence tampering and abuse of a corpse, and Burton and Caldwell entered Alford pleas to abuse of a corpse and second-degree manslaughter — while Burton also pleaded as such to tampering with evidence.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
However, this also means that definitive conclusions about tampering require access to the original files that the experts did not have.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
He was convicted of jury tampering earlier that year.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
Victoria Caldwell and Stubblefield pleaded guilty to evidence tampering and abuse of a corpse, and Burton and Caldwell entered Alford pleas to abuse of a corpse and second-degree manslaughter — while Burton also pleaded as such to tampering with evidence.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamper
Verb
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Hurricanes explained by Ginger Zee Don't be fooled by the lack of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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After driving his team to the 1-yard line, Fields fooled the entire Steelers defense on a fourth down, faking a handoff and then high-stepping into the end zone untouched to take a 32-31 lead.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The driver refuses to get out and argues that police are trespassing on private property.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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An investigation revealed the suspect had trespassed and peered into a home through a glass door.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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As Rossini stowed her purse in a tiny back office, a manager named Katie Atlas was onboarding a new employee, a young woman who fiddled nervously with her necklace.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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But so too does fiddle — not violin, fiddle — and piano.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
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Zarutska left Ukraine in August 2022, six months after Russia invaded, to escape the war.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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But that changed in 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.—
Steve Drummond,
NPR,
9 Sep. 2025
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The claustrophobic action inside the bus is played with urgency and heart, engulfed in the darkness of smoke and the red glow of the encroaching fire.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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While a new generation of young singer-songwriters encroaches on country music’s old guard by the day, the Texas barnstormer has found his footing with a fan base hell-bent on capturing every moment Myers affords them.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 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
Verb
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Any attempt to infringe on those rights has no place here.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Notre Dame received a red-light warning for its policies after FIRE found its data and information technologies policy, which polices how students behave on the university's online network, can substantially infringe on students' rights.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fashion and sociology experts say that, when examining the significance of any bold fashion statement such as Robbie's, context plays an important role.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Yankees played an integral part in the remembrance of 9/11.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Tamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamper. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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