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tinker

[ting-ker] / ˈtɪŋ kər /


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The Fantasy Premier League season begins on Friday 21 August so, to help managers as you tinker with your teams before the deadline, we've gone through all 20 teams and analysed some of their assets.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Reworking her pieces felt, she writes, like a “soothing exercise, a way to return to a younger self and tinker with her words and assumptions.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

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

The tinker looked over the horse again and gave a gusty sigh.

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

The only way I see them slipping up here is if he tinkers with his team too much.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2024

With the Western Washington food landscape littered with doughnut shops, Vincent tinkers with different flavors to make his sweets stand out.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2023

Even discretionary spending, the money Congress tinkers with every year, is soaring.

From Washington Times May 12, 2023

There were tradesmen, traders, tinkers, masons, and carpenters, hauling goods of one kind or another.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

There were several moments over the past decade that forced him to rethink that assumption, and he changed his mind altogether in 2022, as soon as he tinkered with ChatGPT.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The Badgers made seven of 11 three-pointers on the way to building a 20-point lead midway through the first half as Cronin continually tinkered with his lineup, trying to find a winning combination.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 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

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

He tinkered for a few minutes on his metalworking project—which he still wouldn't show me—but soon enough he was yawning.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Although the unnecessary tinkering didn’t damage her truck, other chatbot advice could have.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

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

Tuchel's team selections have been a mixture of tactical tinkering, working around injuries and managing minutes, as well as devising the formulas for England's progress.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Instead, she’s tinkering with the idea that Chicago might be her second city, a place where her artistic talents can fully blossom in a smaller market.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Despite Kurie’s doubts, signs already had emerged that tinkering was yielding to serious science in the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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