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tamper

[tam-per] / ˈtæm pər /




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The record was big, and I didn’t want to tamper with it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

“If I have instincts I feel are right, I don’t want anyone to tamper with them,” he told After Dark magazine in 1973.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

There’s no worrying about that now that teams can tamper with the balls again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

The most plausible answer, of course, is that Luke’s account was finished before their deaths and no one in subsequent decades felt sufficiently bold to tamper with it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

The tamper would prevent flying neutrons from escaping, bouncing them instead back into the uranium.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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