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Recent Examples of tamper
It’s been a tumultuous period in Romanian politics since last year’s presidential election was voided by the high court over allegations of Russian tampering in favor of right-wing populist Calin Georgescu.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2025
The former court clerk, who held her position for about four years, resigned in March following allegations of jury tampering in the Murdaugh trial but maintained that her decision to leave office was not the result of her conduct during the double murder trial.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
This system must alert your personnel to unauthorized changes or tampering across your scripts and security-impacting HTTP headers.
—Ed Leavens, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
There are 59 picks in this year’s draft, as the Knicks forfeited their 2025 second-rounder following a tampering investigation into their 2022 signing of Jalen Brunson.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2025
The former court clerk, who held her position for about four years, resigned in March following allegations of jury tampering in the Murdaugh trial but maintained that her decision to leave office was not the result of her conduct during the double murder trial.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
This system must alert your personnel to unauthorized changes or tampering across your scripts and security-impacting HTTP headers.
—Ed Leavens, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
There are 59 picks in this year’s draft, as the Knicks forfeited their 2025 second-rounder following a tampering investigation into their 2022 signing of Jalen Brunson.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamper
Verb
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Reyes was a nice spring training story, but the Yankees were fooled by meaningless February and March stats.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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But don't be fooled, as these texts are sophisticated scams designed to steal your personal information or money.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Getty Images Steele's bill would allow Pennsylvania's Game Commission to legalize hunting on Sundays of its choosing, while outlining new regulations related to hunting, such as trespassing penalties.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Baraka claims Habba improperly ordered his arrest and prosecution for reportedly trespassing at Delaney Hall, a detention center near Newark Liberty International Airport.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
Verb
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The little accents from the electric guitar and fiddle also hit with a satisfying bite and plenty of presence.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 May 2025
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On his version of the title song, Coleman plays fiddle as his loft guests sing.—
Robert Sullivan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Amid President Trump’s threats to start a global trade war, invade Greenland, seize control of the Panama Canal and annex Canada, this story has gone virtually unnoticed: Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades — maybe since the 1959 revolution.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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Longtime Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi forfeited his nation's budding nuclear program in exchange for better ties with the U.S. in 2003, the same year the U.S. invaded Iraq and toppled President Saddam Hussein over allegations of weapons of mass destruction.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Apple once owned the premium device space, but competitors are now encroaching on its turf.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
7 June 2025
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At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the industry was awash with buyers, sellers and festival heads chattering about how to come to grips with this new phase of technology that is increasingly encroaching on the traditional space.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
4 June 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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The next idea, being that the plaintiff should be allowed to voluntarily dismiss the infringing cause of action after the special motion was filed, was similarly rejected.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The plan isn’t to infringe on the audience who bought tickets a long time ago, insists Clooney.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Sarah Snook, who played Shiv Roy on that HBO drama, was nominated (and went on to win!), following in the footsteps of her costars Jeremy Strong and Keiran Culkin.—
Melissa Locker,
Time,
9 June 2025
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Selected for Function Hazen came across Szostak’s idea while thinking about the origin of life—an issue that drew him in as a mineralogist, because chemical reactions taking place on minerals have long been suspected to have played a key role in getting life started.—
Philip Ball,
Wired News,
8 June 2025
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“Tamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamper. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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