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At the same time, the motion picture academy was tweaking its rules for determining the shortlist for the international feature award, opening voting to more members.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Separately, the White House said it was tweaking the terms of its tariffs on steel, aluminium and copper tariffs.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“He was tweaking them the way I tweak the media,” said radio host Rush Limbaugh in the immediate aftermath.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2016

Google released a statement accepting fault and announcing that it was tweaking its software to avoid this type of collision in the future.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2016

With her other hand she was tweaking his ears rather painfully.

From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.