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It isn’t all that unusual for players to fiddle with their mechanics over the course of a summer, with more drastic overhauls left to offseason experimentation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

England reached 72-0 in the powerplay, with Bouchier playing second fiddle to Dunkley, who was brutal against Ireland's wilting bowling attack in a 47-ball fifty - her fastest in ODIs.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

We can’t truly know the ERP unless we know what the market will return, and if we knew that, we wouldn’t have to fiddle with theoreticals about whether we’re being compensated enough.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

Without it, the IRS will happily play you like a fiddle.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

So it was when George and Wesley picked up their fiddle and banjo on days of carousing.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

As Sunday night turned into Monday morning, and the strains of fiddles and flutes drifted through the city streets, people hailed the success of Belfast's first ever All-Ireland Fleadh.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Sports bookies are reduced to fan-frustrating fiddles to prevent betting on plays that already happened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Bro-country hitmaker Jason Aldean debuted in 2005 with “Hicktown,” a single that paired screaming fiddles with distortion-drenched guitars to celebrate the ways single-stoplight towns make their own fun.

From Salon ● May 16, 2025

“I just loved it. I loved the music, I loved the tempos of the mandolin and ... I loved the fiddles, too,” Williams says.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024

He fiddles with his fingers, and then shoves his hands in his back pockets.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

For years, the egg has ruled the breakfast table like a sun god—worshipped, aestheticized, endlessly fiddled with by men in starched aprons and women with ring lights.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025

Sitting at a park picnic table in Crystal City, Virginia, the morning light casting shadows over his face, Wall fiddled with the strap on his backpack.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025

Family members and friends fiddled with the placards they wore baring the brothers’ photographs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

As the umpires fiddled with their lightmeters, an interruption was so predictable that Sri Lanka promoted Prabath Jayasuriya to number four to see them to the delay.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024

Then she pressed down on the gearshift and, after a moment of hunting, fiddled her way into reverse, and the darkened house faded in her headlights as the car backed out of the driveway.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

"The constant need to keep fiddling to pull them up displays an uncomfortable and unconfident demeanour," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

In the age of electrification, it’s bonkers to still be fiddling with pound-feet, horsepower and miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

The ongoing injuries have left Musselman to continue fiddling with his lineup in search of answers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

I looked over at Ellie and Joe, who were fiddling with their instruments.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez