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Now, though, the NFL is really mad — especially at the notion that the team might have been manipulating its finances so as not to pay money due the other owners.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

People have been manipulating for their own purposes for nearly 100 years.

From Scientific American • Sep. 3, 2013

Human beings have been manipulating the biological world for thousands of years without understanding how DNA codes function.”

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2013

For years, scientists have been manipulating genes in animals to make improvements in neural performance, strength and agility, among other augmentations.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2012

"You know that you have been manipulating the strings of my destiny!" he said, abruptly, and surprised at himself.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn