manipulator
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Can we believe that Holmes really did say, “I’m tired of having other people speak for me,” or was that laugh line written by the master manipulator himself?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“A few years after I moved in, Pinnacle, run by a rich real estate manipulator, bought the building and immediately enacted a rollback — not on stabilized rents, but on maintenance,” the tenant said.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
She called him a "master manipulator" who "set the tone" at the home.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Musk has used his social media platform X to go on the offensive with posts that include likening Altman to a "Game of Thrones" character seen as a master manipulator.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Well, well, Miss Podgórska. You are quite the little manipulator after all.”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
The individual investors who perceived hedge funds as secretive, sinister market manipulators during the meme-stock craze of 2020-21 were invoking a deeply embedded meaning of the word “hedge” they might not have been aware of.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
"We become, as they say in the programme, master manipulators," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Devoid of communal deliberation, people become easy marks for manipulators who play to base fears or shallow emotional appeals.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
There’s never a shortage of grifters and manipulators using this public confusion to their advantage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024
“To be sure, and therein lies the key to my skill. Only birds can manipulate time. Therefore, all time manipulators must be able to take the form of a bird.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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