tinkered

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Amorim tinkered his system once more to try and turn the tide, but his substitution of Casemiro left the Brazilian befuddled.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

“There he tinkered with dismembered clocks and toasters, and the pathos of dismantled gears, springs and wires infected him with a tenderness for mechanisms that spill their guts for all the world to see.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

And as the entrepreneurial engineers tinkered, they found ways to save money while also extending their weapons’ range by nearly 375 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Reeves has tinkered with the way that debt is measured to free up more than £100bn to fund building, research and development as well as other major projects.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

People were hurrying around, setting up games, carrying boxes marked with the names of soft drinks; a man tinkered with the engine that drove the ferris wheel.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt