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Recent Examples of tamper
Vitamix tampers Vitamix sells three different sizes of tamper for its three sizes of container.
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Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
The commissioner has a duty to address tampering and related transgressions that attempt to give a team an unfair advantage over rivals and that undermine league assurances of fair play for all.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Free agency comes first, starting when the legal tampering window opens on March 10.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
With the new league year officially starting on Wednesday at 4 p.m., Wilson is officially a free agent, though he’s been allowed to speak to teams during the legal free agent tampering period that began Monday.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
The commissioner has a duty to address tampering and related transgressions that attempt to give a team an unfair advantage over rivals and that undermine league assurances of fair play for all.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Free agency comes first, starting when the legal tampering window opens on March 10.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
With the new league year officially starting on Wednesday at 4 p.m., Wilson is officially a free agent, though he’s been allowed to speak to teams during the legal free agent tampering period that began Monday.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamper
Verb
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That attempt was soon fooled by sloppy play in the neutral zone that gave Brad Marchand a short-handed opportunity.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Then, as if anyone was fooled, the talk show host pulled off his hat, wig and snap-on nose and lip piercings and Sheeran pulled of his wig to reveal his signature carrot top to shouts of joy.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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Why else would a man who just trespassed, exposed himself on national television (and apparently damaged an expensive stage curtain) simply be allowed to dress and address the press?—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Last year, Wheeler served two days in Vernon County jail on six trespassing convictions from 2020, 2022 and 2023.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
31 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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Nero fiddled while Rome burned.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2024
Verb
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The United States is not at war, nor has it been invaded.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
8 Apr. 2025
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Roses, Real Madrid, crowns: What to know about tattoos used to deport Venezuelan migrants The ACLU sued to block the deportations, arguing that Trump's order exceeded his powers because the Alien Enemies Act authorizes removals only when war has been declared or the United States has been invaded.—
Luc Cohen and Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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This demon used to be a giant boar, but was driven mad after being shot with an iron bullet, a sign that civilization is irreversibly encroaching on the natural world.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Brenda Deal, who wants to sell her house there, learned her garage and shed might be encroaching on the right of way, based on GIS maps.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 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
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This could include barring infringing products or serial IP rights violators from the U.S. market, and preventing foreign companies that repeatedly infringe on U.S IP access to the U.S. banking system.—
Deborah Wince-Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the lawsuit, the Park District failed to meet the burden of proof required for the court to affirm the Lansing Journal infringed on its trademark, Seeger’s decision said.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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The chaotic Cardinals-Pirates play.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Up in Scotland, meanwhile, marbles were lost as Rangers, who played most of the match with 10 men after an early red card for defender Robin Propper, hung on through a goalless battle with Athletic Club.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Tamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamper. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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