as in to horse around
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Recent Examples of tinker
Though courts struck down his first two versions of the travel ban, Trump kept tinkering with countries on the list to fight claims of discrimination.
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 25 Dec. 2024
Also, recipients with complicated formulas — including those that change as Congress tinkers with the law — can sometimes see errors in their payments when they have been automatically recalculated.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Miranda Lambert, Postcards From Texas Lindale singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert has spent the last five years tinkering with her approach to Texas country music.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Bickerstaff’s entire rotation will need to be tinkered with to make up for Ivey’s lost production.
—Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 25 Dec. 2024
Also, recipients with complicated formulas — including those that change as Congress tinkers with the law — can sometimes see errors in their payments when they have been automatically recalculated.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Miranda Lambert, Postcards From Texas Lindale singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert has spent the last five years tinkering with her approach to Texas country music.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Bickerstaff’s entire rotation will need to be tinkered with to make up for Ivey’s lost production.
—Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinker
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Among racing’s many problems is that there are no dedicated air shipping companies that make moving horses around the country easy.John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Video went viral just days before the beginning of the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Dujardin was seen repeatedly whipping a horse around its legs.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Our asphalt arrival gate was on the total opposite end of our idling overseas plane.Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
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Four of the company’s football production trucks, which house the wires, cable and servers to air NFL games, were idled close to Kingman, Ariz., last Tuesday night as everyone waited for the NFL to make a decision on the venue.Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Instead, Spurs dawdled during negotiations and, in the end, Slot stayed with the Dutch club for another season before joining Liverpool.Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Once again, the Packers — who still had two timeouts — diddled and dawdled and didn’t run another play until there were just 16 seconds left in the half.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Lou lounged in her doggy bed with a blanket wrapped around her.Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Crocodiles lounged in the shallows, their eyes glinting when headlamps were shined their way.Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Tinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinker. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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