monkey with
Example Sentences
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"When he came on board... he didn't really monkey with the script too much," Tracy said.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
They also isolated two antibodies from rhesus macaques -- a species of monkey with immune systems like humans' -- who previously had received a vaccine regimen designed to generate fusion peptide-directed antibodies.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
The Orange City Police Department asked residents Wednesday to report any sightings to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, and above all not to monkey with the monkey.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2023
These finds include a slug-eating snake, a monkey with white-ringed eyes and the first-ever succulent bamboo, which is found only in Laos.
From Scientific American • Apr. 4, 2022
“Aw, Grandpa, you couldn’t catch a monkey with that thing, could you?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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