wrangled; wrangling
ˈraŋ-g(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
2
: to engage in argument or controversy
1
: to obtain by persistent arguing or maneuvering : wangle
2
[back-formation from wrangler]
: to herd and care for (livestock and especially horses) on the range
1
: an angry, noisy, or prolonged dispute or quarrel
2
: the action or process of wrangling
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Examples of wrangle in a Sentence
Verb
They were wrangling over money.
He made a living wrangling horses.
Noun
They had a bitter wrangle over custody of their children.
there was a bit of a wrangle over how much money to give the high school for its sports programs
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
The state approved medical marijuana in 2016, and Florida’s largest medical-marijuana dispensary has spent tens of millions of dollars to wrangle the nearly 900,000 signatures required to get the referendum on the ballot in November.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Kali Hays, Fortune Europe, 16 Oct. 2024
Grillo's Flag wrangles the squad, which consists of Frankenstein (David Harbour), The Bride (Indira Varma), GI Robot (Sean Gunn), Weasel (also Sean Gunn), Dr. Phosphorus (Alan Tudyk), and Nina Mazursky (Zoe Chao).
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Verb
For all the drawbacks of the desert, Deadline can reveal that Desert Warrior’s delay has been caused by post-production issues, not least wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length between Wyatt and his paymasters.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
The state approved medical marijuana in 2016, and Florida’s largest medical-marijuana dispensary has spent tens of millions of dollars to wrangle the nearly 900,000 signatures required to get the referendum on the ballot in November.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
Immigration wrangle Switzerland has been part of the EU’s Schengen open-borders area since 2008.
—Kali Hays, Fortune Europe, 16 Oct. 2024
Grillo's Flag wrangles the squad, which consists of Frankenstein (David Harbour), The Bride (Indira Varma), GI Robot (Sean Gunn), Weasel (also Sean Gunn), Dr. Phosphorus (Alan Tudyk), and Nina Mazursky (Zoe Chao).
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Wrangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrangle. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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