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tamper

[tam-per] / ˈtæm pər /




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When agents go rogue, they can tamper with or delete valuable files.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

“If I have instincts I feel are right, I don’t want anyone to tamper with them,” he told After Dark magazine in 1973.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

"We ask visitors not to tamper with any art on display," they added.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

The tamper would prevent flying neutrons from escaping, bouncing them instead back into the uranium.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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