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anglings

noun

plural of angling

as in tilts

the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle his angling of the picture made everything else on the wall look crooked

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Noun

In ’94 and ’95 with the Vikings, Moon had averaged seven tilts per season of at least 275 passing yards.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
One which changes profoundly with the tilts and turn of the planet, yet its essence holds true.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 May 2026

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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
With a surreal visual language that hat-tips everyone from Jacques Tati to Michael Haneke and the filmmaker’s longtime mentor Jia Zhangke, the film is a striking, startling class critique based on Manuel’s own Silver Bear-winning 2020 short film.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2026

Definition of tips

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Those efforts were aided by Canary Mission and Betar, two pro-Israel groups that maintain online lists of Israel’s critics, often alongside unsubstantiated claims that they are affiliated with Hamas, according to the lawsuit.

— Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 15 July 2026
All of a Sudden also ranked at the top of many critics’ Cannes best-of lists this year.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of lists

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Voros kept one camera permanently stationed at the highest point of the surrounding hillside; the early episodes are built on stark, isolating compositions where a single figure is dwarfed by snowcapped peaks and river bends.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
When two stars align almost perfectly from Earth’s perspective, the gravity of the nearer one bends and magnifies the light from the more distant star, acting like a cosmic magnifying glass.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 6 July 2026

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