I never truly loved him; he manipulated me into marrying him.

The car wasn’t working, but it seems to be running fine after he carefully manipulated the engine.

Cognitive dissonance is one of the first, and most important, concepts one learns in introductory psychology courses.

She knows she shouldn’t smoke, but she does it anyway. Her cognitive dissonance is quite clear.

With the technology industry being dominated by only a few companies, some have suggested a new era of trust-busting may be needed.

Several e-commerce companies were targeted in the government’s latest trust-busting efforts.

The marketing team commenced their efforts.

Let the festivities commence!