Manipulate
Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.
Spend and manipulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spend" instead a verb "Manipulate".
Spend
Spend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Manipulate and spend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Spend".
Both words in one sentence
- In order for you to manipulate it, too, you and I have to spend more time together.
Source: Literature / The Zombie Knight - Many characters are aware of this and spend a great deal of time trying to manipulate/subvert/redirect this force for their own goals.
Source: Theory of Narrative Causality - Dragons in the Eberron setting live on their own continent of Argonnessen and spend their time studying the Draconic Prophecy- a worldwide natural phenomenon that can be used to predict and manipulate the future- and engaging in manipulative plotting.
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