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tamper

[tam-per] / ˈtæm pər /




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Law enforcement on Tuesday released photos and video of a masked individual appearing to tamper with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning of her disappearance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

There’s no worrying about that now that teams can tamper with the balls again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The new passports will also feature updated security features, the Home Office said, including the latest anti-forgery technology - making them "harder to forge or tamper with".

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

Both antibiotics tamper with bacteria's ability to make new proteins by specifically targeting their ribosomes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2024

These extraordinary capacities of life have been ignored by the practitioners of chemical control who have brought to their task no “high-minded orientation,” no humility before the vast forces with which they tamper.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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