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The phrase "has manipulated to" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey that someone has influenced or controlled something to achieve a specific outcome, but it requires additional context or restructuring to be grammatically correct. Example: "He has manipulated the data to support his argument."
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Even while watching the play he has manipulated to catch the guilty king, Hamlet does not act but merely muses.
For the young activists, some of whom I interviewed recently in Damascus, the uprising has been about reclaiming the country from the ruling clique; transcending ethnic and sectarian divisions that the regime has manipulated to maintain its power; and forging a national identity tied to rights and obligations of citizenship.
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He has manipulated the system to favour both himself and the ruling party, Golkar.
A team of embryologists, laboring in a tension-filled atmosphere, has manipulated the microscopic eggs to produce an embryo.
Yellow-yellow may not be the only bear that has manipulated its way in to the canisters.
What's more, his government has manipulated the criminal justice system to thwart political opponents.
A tiny unaccountable elite has manipulated economic activity in order to enrich itself.
They claim that Mr Thaksin has manipulated the political system unfairly to consolidate his power.
Yes, the food industry really has manipulated us with foods engineered to specifications born of functional MRI scans.
Democrats objected to Mr. Bolton because they said he had manipulated intelligence to conform to his hawkish views and treated subordinates harshly.
Traders were found to have manipulated deals to boost their fees at the expense of customers.
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