tamper
Example Sentences
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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
Law enforcement on Tuesday released photos and video of a masked individual appearing to tamper with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning of her disappearance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
"We ask visitors not to tamper with any art on display," they added.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
These extraordinary capacities of life have been ignored by the practitioners of chemical control who have brought to their task no “high-minded orientation,” no humility before the vast forces with which they tamper.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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