manipulates

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Konan, Mark explains how the 5–4 decision manipulates commonly understood definitions of “miscarriage” and “loss” in order to afford immunity to the U.S.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

IonQ’s approach manipulates trapped ions with magnets and lasers, which it thinks will prove easier to perfect than the superconductor technologies under development at competitors IBM, Alphabet’s Google and Rigetti.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The nonprofit NGO Monitor obtained 180 internal Hamas documents from 2018 to 2022 that detail how the terrorist group manipulates international human-rights and aid groups to serve its ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

The advertising and promotional material “often distorts, exaggerates, and manipulates scientific evidence and rhetoric to sell stem-cell products, therapies, and ideas,” the paper states.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

“You don’t have to be afraid of him. Some people act like witchery is responsible for everything that happens, when actually witchery only manipulates a small portion.”

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko