manipulators

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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

Sociopaths like Iago may be an empty shell of evil, but they can also be ingenious manipulators.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

It’s been the subject of a massive short-selling campaign, leading the group’s CEO, Devin Nunes, to ask regulators to investigate market manipulators earlier this year.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 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