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Reeves has tinkered with the way that debt is measured to free up more than £100bn to fund building, research and development as well as other major projects.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

Splash Mountain, of course, isn’t the first time Disney has tinkered with an attraction due to outdated cultural representations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2024

England has tinkered, though, freshening the pack with two changes as lock George Martin comes in for just his ninth cap and prop Joe Marler is recalled to give more ballast in the scrum.

From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2023

For 3 decades, Helen Sang has tinkered with the genomes of chickens to try to make the birds resistant to the flu viruses that periodically devastate flocks and raise fears of a human pandemic.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 10, 2023

He has tinkered with such things since he was a little lad.

From Ted and the Telephone by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)