ANGLED (FOR) Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

angled (for)

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past tense of angle (for)

as in fished (for)

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Amazon’s willingness to take TNF off the hands of Fox (which subsequently opted out of the final season of its deal) worked out in everyone’s favor, but no Big Tech player has yet to commandeer a package of similar import.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026
The Newsoms paid between $518,000 and $873,000 in taxes per year, which worked out to a federal income tax rate of 30% to 35% per year, according to his office.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of worked out

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In the meantime, Silver anticipates that a flurry of one-and-done provisional arrangements will be hammered out before the new campaign tips off in October.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026
If implemented, the framework agreement hammered out between Lebanon and Israel in June 2026 could serve as the most consequential agreement between the two countries in nearly 80 years.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of hammered out

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During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
For the celebration itself, Jess and Nasko plotted a week of activities bouncing off (American) Labor Day weekend.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

Definition of plotted

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The possibility of this partnership intrigued football folks everywhere.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Matthews and his team were intrigued by how this mechanism works, but realized that using air sacs to regulate buoyancy while diving presents a problem.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

Definition of intrigued

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The detail arranged the traffic stop on the other side of the island, in front of the Lihue post office, under the assumption that Brun would surrender peacefully in such a public location.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
After the living room, Birdie wandered to the dining room, where she was cast into an underwater light, the sun sifting through the plants arranged by the long window.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of arranged

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Shanahan schemed up multiple 100-yard games for Kendrick Bourne, and even journeyman Demarcus Robinson had 111 yards in the playoffs against the Eagles — neither receiver had a 100-yard game since 2022.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 29 July 2026
Prosecutors detailed at least four games in which the defendants are alleged to have schemed to have Beasley manipulate individual game stats for the benefit of gamblers.

— Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 1 July 2026

Definition of schemed

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