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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
tamper .
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Examples
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Notable among the least renowned voices are Icelander Krist í n Eir í ksd ó ttir, who contributes a rigorously cold-blooded story of family bereavement; Bla ž e Minevski, who shows that the spirit of formal playfulness is alive in Macedonia with a puzzle of a story about a superstitious scientist; and Turkey's Ersan Ü ldes, in whose offering a disgruntled translator "tampers" with texts to the extent of altering them completely.
Stories to Fill a 'Gaping Lack' Paul Genders 2010
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Powers also refers to Heisenberg's discussion of "tampers" — material wrapped around the bomb to enhance the explosive effect.
Heisenberg in Copenhagen: An Exchange Bernstein, Jeremy 2001
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Strikes over the government's plans to raise the retirement age to 62 from 60 disrupted daily life and a wide swath of industry – from oil refining to travel to shipping – as protesters fought a proposal they say tampers with the near-sacred French social contract.
French Oil Workers, Youths, Truckers Stage Retirement Reform Protests AP 2010
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It is buying more burial and landscaping equipment, such as hand-held tampers to level graves, which previously had been done with backhoes, she said.
For first time in decades, Arlington National Cemetery must bury multiple 'unknowns' 2011
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Strikes over the government's plans to raise the retirement age to 62 from 60 disrupted daily life and a wide swath of industry – from oil refining to travel to shipping – as protesters fought a proposal they say tampers with the near-sacred French social contract.
French Oil Workers, Youths, Truckers Stage Retirement Reform Protests The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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For Mr. Gray it is more often than not modern science that tampers with our common sense, deluding us with its false promises of certainty.
Never Say Die Thomas Meaney 2011
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It is buying more burial and landscaping equipment, such as hand-held tampers to level graves, which previously had been done with backhoes, she said.
For first time in decades, Arlington National Cemetery must bury multiple 'unknowns' 2011
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It is buying more burial and landscaping equipment, such as hand-held tampers to level graves, which previously had been done with backhoes, she said.
For first time in decades, Arlington National Cemetery must bury multiple 'unknowns' 2011
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When the government tampers with a freedom so fundamental to the life of our nation, one shudders to think what lies ahead.
ObamaCare and Religious Freedom Timothy M. Dolan 2012
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For example, he tapes a picture to the camera, tampers with the wiring, uses a dummy, etc.
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