tinker
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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
While the authorities tinker with laws and competitions, they dare not meddle with the famous old Championship.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
“But I know nothing of healing, my Lord. I only tinker with machines.”
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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
Even discretionary spending, the money Congress tinkers with every year, is soaring.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2023
John tinkers with the Enigma machine we keep in the room.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Then he went straight to the lab, tinkered, and won the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 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
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
For people tinkering around the edges, with the goal of feeling stronger and more energetic, the glut of recommendations in here could feel empowering, perhaps like a sturdy reference text.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Back in Bedford, Magnum researchers are tinkering with their core product, with a little robotic help.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
And over time, from their tinkering comes their version of right and good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Although the unnecessary tinkering didn’t damage her truck, other chatbot advice could have.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 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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