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Recent Examples of tamper
Some parents feel the friendly characters invite tampering, while others say the familiar designs make babies feel more comfortable during bath time.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 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, 26 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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And don’t be fooled by spotless sheets.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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The fastball-splitter combo was working well for him again, while his 74 mph curveball was fooling hitters all night as well.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 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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In the middle of the festivities, Cameron and Ray watch as it's revealed that Iraq has invaded Kuwait.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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But when Russia invaded Ukraine, South Africa repeatedly abstained from United Nations votes on the war—rankling officials in Washington.—
Richard Fontaine,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Now to see again, the third time, essentially, their desire to expand the freeway and encroach towards McCrorey Heights, is problematic.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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The partnership was formed to address the invasive trees and shrubs encroaching on the natural grasslands in TNC's Folsom Point Preserve in Iowa, which is located just over 12 miles from Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 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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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
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Opponents argue the bill could infringe on First Amendment rights to criticize the Israeli government.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Pascal and Bad Bunny played the lothario's hot brothers.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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The Heat entered Tuesday’s matchup against the Hornets having outscored opponents by a total of 46 points in the 29 minutes that the bench quartet of Fontecchio, Jaquez, Jovic and Smith played together through the first three games of the season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Tamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamper. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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