as in to negotiate
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
wangled a way to get free tickets to the show
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Recent Examples of wangle
Through that connection, Marlinspike wangled a meeting with WhatsApp’s cofounder Brian Acton.
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
To wangle a slice of the $40 billion Saudi Arabia plans to invest in Africa.
—Matthew T. Page, TIME, 10 May 2024
The production has managed to wangle an imposing location for the Visitor’s antics to unfold: one of those huge London statement homes made almost entirely of glass, like a sort of gigantic Cubist fishbowl.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
That very day in 1963, Mr. Epstein had borrowed his stepfather’s car and driven from New York City to the Cornell campus in upstate Ithaca, N.Y., to try to wangle his way back into school after having flunked out seven years earlier.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
This theory is possible; a crooked or inept employee might have taken the file, wangled it to serve Ariely’s hypothesis, and then re-sent it using a non-Hartford e-mail address.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people’s hearts and homes.
—Jonathan Losos, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
Sidney — who has just wangled a deal to buy (on credit) an arty neighborhood newspaper — at first rejects Wally’s entreaties for an endorsement.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
Those who were primed with power were more likely to lie about their scores to wangle extra tickets.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2010
Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
To wangle a slice of the $40 billion Saudi Arabia plans to invest in Africa.
—Matthew T. Page, TIME, 10 May 2024
The production has managed to wangle an imposing location for the Visitor’s antics to unfold: one of those huge London statement homes made almost entirely of glass, like a sort of gigantic Cubist fishbowl.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
That very day in 1963, Mr. Epstein had borrowed his stepfather’s car and driven from New York City to the Cornell campus in upstate Ithaca, N.Y., to try to wangle his way back into school after having flunked out seven years earlier.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
This theory is possible; a crooked or inept employee might have taken the file, wangled it to serve Ariely’s hypothesis, and then re-sent it using a non-Hartford e-mail address.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people’s hearts and homes.
—Jonathan Losos, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
Sidney — who has just wangled a deal to buy (on credit) an arty neighborhood newspaper — at first rejects Wally’s entreaties for an endorsement.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
Those who were primed with power were more likely to lie about their scores to wangle extra tickets.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wangle
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City, county and school officials had urged both sides to keep negotiating and reach agreement prior to Medicare open enrollment, which runs Oct. 15 to Dec. 7.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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The mistake nearly pushed the company into bankruptcy, until Huang negotiated a contract buyout with Sega that provided Nvidia with a financial lifeline and resources to develop the NV1′s successor.Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Contact us to learn more, obtain more information, and/or arrange a campus tour at South Orange County Community College District, 28000 Marguerite Pkwy #3699, Mission Viejo, CA 92692.Advertorial, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Jones went on to compose, arrange and produce music alongside a number of greats, including Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Miles David, Dinah Washington and Frank Sinatra.Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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For another, the sheer number of disparate state and local jurisdictions that would need to be manipulated makes any attempt to steal an election much harder.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Would a small child be able to manipulate controls, turn the machine on, skip tracks, or otherwise program the device without an adult’s help?Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Wangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wangle. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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