manipulates

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Konan, Mark explains how the 5–4 decision manipulates commonly understood definitions of “miscarriage” and “loss” in order to afford immunity to the U.S.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

IonQ’s approach manipulates trapped ions with magnets and lasers, which it thinks will prove easier to perfect than the superconductor technologies under development at competitors IBM, Alphabet’s Google and Rigetti.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Performance and illusion are recurring themes: A woman is sawed in half in a depiction of classic stagecraft; elsewhere a juggler manipulates ovoids that each contain an everyday vignette.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Thompson’s scheming newlywed manipulates the other characters with the confidence of a queen who controls all the pieces on the board, but every so often she simply has to flip the table over.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

“You don’t have to be afraid of him. Some people act like witchery is responsible for everything that happens, when actually witchery only manipulates a small portion.”

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko