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While he didn’t go full offseason implementation like he did with the splitter a year ago, he had been tinkering with a two-seam fastball and a cut fastball during his throwing sessions.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2024

Hasenhuttl had been tinkering with playing three at the back during pre-season, but he went back to a four against Leeds, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him stick with that here.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022

A man who had been tinkering with his pickup truck ran full speed toward the village.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2022

Since 2004 the Ledbetters had been tinkering with an idea for a follow–up, collecting the other sides of those same 78s that Smith highlighted in his anthology.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2020

Every one knew that Ticonderoga was the key to the south of Canada; yet the fort was not ready, though the Canadian engineers had been tinkering at it for two whole summers.

From The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)