Example Sentences

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She tells me she is bringing a very different energy to this character as she's "lively, loud and very sneaky. She will manipulate anyone to get what she wants".

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

Some autism researchers fear that the effort will manipulate data to blame the condition on vaccines.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2025

Marche convincingly makes the case, in an afterword, that writers will manipulate A.I. the way that hip-hop producers dig up and arrange samples.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence stands out in the quest to find life elsewhere because it assumes that certain kinds of life will manipulate and exploit its environment with intention.

From Scientific American • Jul. 2, 2021

“I think,” I say, “that Jeanine Matthews will manipulate him. And that he will do anything to protect his faction, even if it means sacrificing the Divergent.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth