as in tilting
to set or cause to be at an angle
the strong gust heeled the sailboat almost to the point of capsizing, but we managed to right it
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Inside the administration, the balance of power appears to be tilting away from the noninterventionists and toward the hawks — at least, for now.—
Matt K. Lewis,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026 -
The court’s four liberal justices at the time joined him over the other conservative justices’ dissents; Trump has since appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tilting the court further in conservatives’ favor.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
12 Jan. 2026
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The cars were situated on a little plateau, almost a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by downward sloping terrain.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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The interior dining room, divided into two levels and connected by a slowly sloping ramp, could at first cynical glance register as backdrop.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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My nephew chose to go to community college for his freshman year, and seems to be leaning toward not continuing in college.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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New York's 12th Congressional District is a wealthy, Democratic-leaning area, made up of Manhattan's Midtown, Upper East Side, and Upper West Side.—
Jared Ochacher,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Its primary quartet of actors — Stellan Skarsgård as a legendary director angling for a comeback, Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as his daughters and Elle Fanning as an A-list actor who becomes entangled in the family drama — all received nods.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Now, lookalikes can build their own massive audiences on social media, angling at connection and admiration from millions of admirers that aren’t truly theirs.—
Amanda Montell,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Heeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heeling. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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