tinkered
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If Ms. Wilson has tinkered with Homer’s value system, as some allege, she has also kept closer than others to the original length and meter of the poem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Others may have tinkered with edge lines before Dorr, but he used his influence to make them part of everyday life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
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
The topic under discussion this morning, as Joe tinkered with the tractor’s innards, was Kyril Montana’s top secret visit to Milagro and his top secret meeting in Bud Gleason’s living room.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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