tinker
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For a long time, I’d watched Paul tinker with the recipe for his perfect relationship.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I’m able to just go out and play baseball as opposed to trying to tinker and fix certain stuff.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Waiting could pay off for people who want more in their paychecks instead of big refunds — but who don’t want to tinker with their withholdings.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025
Nobody was going to tinker with the Turbo S’s silhouette, were they?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
The tinker sat on a small stool at the side of the road, looking dispirited.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
It tinkers with toe boxes, sponsors ranchers for bull-riding events and uses fabric that is more flexible to accommodate preferences for more functional fits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Tesla frequently tinkers with the trim level names, driving ranges, power and features for its vehicles.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
The only way I see them slipping up here is if he tinkers with his team too much.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
Everybody else tinkers around our artistry,’ but actions speak louder than words and there was nothing there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
There were tradesmen, traders, tinkers, masons, and carpenters, hauling goods of one kind or another.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
He’s tinkered with different grips for his changeup, a pitch he started deploying more in mid-May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Yesterday, two helicopters landed right here. They tinkered with something, then left again," Mathiassen recalled.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
He tinkered around with the idea and developed a flash-frozen burrito filled with beef, beans and red chili powder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Olivia Watts said she was "in tears" as she watched her grandparents Ron and Marilyn Hill take each other for a spin on Tuesday - before Ron tinkered on the famous Wurlitzer organ.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Over in the bow, Leo whistled happily as he tinkered with Festus’s mechanical brain, muttering something about a crystal and an astrolabe.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Far from being a flawless machine, the body reads more like a patchwork of compromises shaped by millions of years of evolutionary tinkering.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
In terms of continued tinkering, Vanguard has several possible solutions to this issue, one being even more auto-enrollment and auto-escalation adoption by company plans, so more workers have savings.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Fannie and Freddie are the backbone of the U.S. mortgage-finance system, which makes any tinkering with their structure especially risky.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Rodri was a phenomenon at the heart of City's midfield against Inter - alongside John Stones, Pep couldn't resist some tinkering - and scored a fine winning goal in Istanbul.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
In the country inhabited by the Ka’apor, on the mainland southeast of Marajo, centuries of tinkering have profoundly changed the forest community.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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