as in to fool
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Recent Examples of tamper
Higgins, 44, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated manslaughter, two counts of vehicular homicide, evidence tampering and leaving the scene of an accident.
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
The World Health Organization suggests people inspect bottles of alcohol for signs of tampering like broken seals.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and evidence tampering, having helped plan the insurrection.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025
This depiction suggests the Clippers violated tampering rules found in Article 35 of the NBA constitution.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
The World Health Organization suggests people inspect bottles of alcohol for signs of tampering like broken seals.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and evidence tampering, having helped plan the insurrection.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025
This depiction suggests the Clippers violated tampering rules found in Article 35 of the NBA constitution.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamper
Verb
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Don’t be fooled by its cheery name: Happy Face looks haunting.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
27 Jan. 2025
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In other words, an attacker would need to fool all or nearly all nodes to remain hidden—which quickly becomes infeasible as more light nodes join.—
Ayush Gupta,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Even before the treaty’s ratification, white settlers trespassed on the Nez Perce reservation in search of gold, according to the National Park Service.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Feb. 2025
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For example, Henry can trespass on private property and sneak in a nap in a stranger’s bed or eat from their pot of stew at the risk of getting caught by the homeowner and driven out of town.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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The visual for the revamp of the song that adds some country twang and fiddle to the airy pop original that was Carpenter’s first Hot 100 chart-topper opens with the two women cruising down the road in a truck as Dolly, 79, reads the paper and Sabrina serves as her wheel woman.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
14 Feb. 2025
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To celebrate in high style as the U.S. entered the war would be to fiddle while the world burned.—
Laurie Brookins,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2025
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Gavriil Grigorov | Afp | Getty Images Europe should have learned its lesson when Russian forces invaded Georgia in 2008, Estonia’s Elias-Hindoalla said, adding that the Ukraine war has since reaffirmed the importance of finding alternative suppliers and improving the bloc’s energy independence.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
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Air traveler invades passenger's personal space to snap photos of clouds throughout flight A woman became frustrated on a recent flight to Germany when the passenger seated next to her continuously stretched his arm out to take photos near the window.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Nissan crossed the left travel lane in front of the black sedan, then encroached into the center lane, occupied by the Hyundai, causing the collision, the warrant affidavit said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2025
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Flames encroached on the trees where butterflies roosted and, while the tree grove remains standing but singed, the status of butterflies is unclear.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 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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OpenAI has been sued by The New York Times and other news publishers and creators over claims that the AI maker infringed copyrights in training its models without permission or payment.—
Angrej Singh,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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The petitioner has notified service providers that facilitate access to the infringing website.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Herro, 25, also will play in the All Star game for the first time the following night.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Eagles and Chiefs played each other in the Super Bowl just two years ago, when both Jason, 37, and Travis, 35, competed with their respective teams in the 2023 game.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Tamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamper. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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