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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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Your press release isn’t fooling anyone.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Replacing Nina with a woman who has the same initials as her is not going to fool us!—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In its heyday, the series was forced to contend with photographers trespassing on the set, hiding in bushes and trees in hopes of capturing major spoilers.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
Verb
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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
Verb
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Israel’s military invaded Gaza after Hamas’s attacks in October 2023, and more than 60,000 people have died in the region, according to the local health ministry.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The four-week run concludes the following Thursday, as the Steelers invade Paycor Stadium for a Week 7 AFC North showdown in Amazon’s primetime window.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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And despite the encroaching waves, which nibbled more of our NewFarms every month.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Instead, vague references to a second Civil War invoke our current reality, with its stark ideological divides, encroaching political violence, and calls for retribution that have only escalated in recent days.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 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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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 17 Sep. 2025.
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