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manipulative

[muh-nip-yuh-ley-tiv, -yuh-luh-tiv] / məˈnɪp yəˌleɪ tɪv, -yə lə tɪv /


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Also favoring Nick Offerman as ‘Margo’s’ ex-wrestler dad and Daniel Radcliffe as ‘Reggie Dinkins’ ’ manipulative bystander.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

That manipulative trend continued Monday with the Mississippi and North Dakota orders.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

This is where Evie’s manipulative tactics are most discernible.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Examples of practices it would clamp down on included sites using any technique which inserted "manipulative" pages into a user's browser history that stopped them from returning to the previous page.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

He gives amazing speeches, writes fantastic op-eds and now newspaper features, spearheads community warmth drives...and he dates a manipulative ditz.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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