manipulating

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Instead, the black shiny faceless Phantom robot is engaged in "free play", manipulating a bunch of coloured kids blocks.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

And one 10-second play from Friday’s Game 2 shows just how the Knicks have counteracted the player known as The Alien—by manipulating space and time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

By cooling and manipulating these atoms, scientists can entangle them and perform highly precise computations.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

"We would like to close that gap in the future," Kirkwood says, adding that the results suggest manipulating TTP may eventually benefit humans and other animals.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

She was, in retrospect, quite brilliant when it came to manipulating us.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride