Manipulate
Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.
Spin and manipulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spin" instead a verb "Manipulate".
Spin
Spin verb - To move in circles around an axis or center.
Manipulate and spin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Spin".
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Caesar rehearses how to favorably spin and manipulate a peace proposal in terms accessible and understandable by the hoi polloi (a derogatory word for the masses, the riff-raff).
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It can also do nothing at all, or heal its target of HP and status.note The player can manipulate luck in his/her favor; the roulette wheel always makes exactly one full spin after it is stopped, allowing for easy "luck" manipulation.
Source: Video Game / Legend of Legaia -
In the Chaos Verse (a spin off of the Pony POV Series), the Big Bad is shown to suffer from this: Nightmare Phobia is able to manipulate and feed off of ponies' fears, but she doesn't understand how they're able to fight those fears and break free of her control.
Source: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
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