Example Sentences

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The suspect is believed to have manipulated the site's payment system, altering the validation process of an electronic payment platform so that bookings appeared fully paid.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Team Canada was found to have manipulated the outcome of the Lake Placid North American Cup in early January.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

"However, the Parole Board have since deemed his recall inappropriate in that a condition of it - requesting he undertake a polygraph test, which he was thought to have manipulated - was unlawful."

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

They have manipulated gene activity with exquisite precision, examining the functions of individual genes in specific brain regions.

From Scientific American • Feb. 13, 2023

Other African countries have manipulated their debt to Russia to their financial gain.

From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel