tinker

I devised a game: Every day I set foot in the garage, I needed to get rid of one thing on the shelves before I could enter the workshop to tinker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

For a long time, I’d watched Paul tinker with the recipe for his perfect relationship.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

But there may be a reluctance to tinker too much with a midfield of McTominay, Lewis Ferguson, Ben Gannon-Doak and Ryan Christie which purred so perfectly, particularly in the first half.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Facing an overmatched opponent that allowed him to freely tinker with his lineups, Mick Cronin tried plenty of mixing and matching Tuesday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

“But I know nothing of healing, my Lord. I only tinker with machines.”

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

As fans and pundits begin to predict City's downfall, Guardiola tinkers with his squad before a long winning streak results in his club being crowned Premier League champions.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

It tinkers with toe boxes, sponsors ranchers for bull-riding events and uses fabric that is more flexible to accommodate preferences for more functional fits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Everybody else tinkers around our artistry,’ but actions speak louder than words and there was nothing there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Even discretionary spending, the money Congress tinkers with every year, is soaring.

From Washington Times ● May 12, 2023

John tinkers with the Enigma machine we keep in the room.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Along the way, he tinkered with classical music on 1991's Liverpool Oratorio and released a series of dance albums as The Fireman.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

I hit some other bumps in the road as I tinkered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

"Yesterday, two helicopters landed right here. They tinkered with something, then left again," Mathiassen recalled.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

He tinkered around with the idea and developed a flash-frozen burrito filled with beef, beans and red chili powder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

He tinkered with the box for what seemed forever as the black-and-white patterns zigzagged across the screen.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Already, McDaniel has done some tinkering and fine-tuning, tweaking Herbert’s footwork out of the shotgun formation to allow him to get the ball out of his hands a fraction of a second earlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

One moment, Athipat Wichan was tinkering with song ideas off stage while watching his band perform to a packed crowd at a bar in Bangkok.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Far from being a flawless machine, the body reads more like a patchwork of compromises shaped by millions of years of evolutionary tinkering.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

While we spend a great deal of time in the U.S. talking about fixing what’s wrong with healthcare, we often end up just tinkering around the edges rather than fundamentally changing things.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

Like a magician producing a rabbit, he pulled out the Archimedes sphere and began tinkering with the ancient bronze dials.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan