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tamper

[tam-per] / ˈtæm pər /




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It also says that the product "features tamper detection technology to prevent people from covering that light".

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

There’s no worrying about that now that teams can tamper with the balls again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The most plausible answer, of course, is that Luke’s account was finished before their deaths and no one in subsequent decades felt sufficiently bold to tamper with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

“Utility companies have a troubling history of exploiting the chaos during and after major fires to destroy or tamper with critical evidence,” Ali Moghaddas, an attorney with Edelson PC, said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

The tamper would prevent flying neutrons from escaping, bouncing them instead back into the uranium.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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