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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The Starlinks still leave streaks in telescope images, but SpaceX has, after consultations with the astronomy community, managed to reduce the satellites' brightness by using less reflective materials and tilting reflective components like solar panels away from Earth.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 2026 -
The game required Kobrya to guess the price of the trip by tilting a platform with four numbers to show the correct price — either $7,359 or $9,537.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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But by stabilizing and then regrouping constructively, Interdigital has now traced out a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders pattern with an upward-sloping neckline.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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If your garden lives on a sloping piece of land, some organic mulches can be subject to washing away with storm runoff.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
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Dancers gyrated to his swampy guitar lines as a camera trailed the stage, zooming in Shaboozey leaning into a verse and DJ D-Nice, sporting his signature hat, behind the turntables.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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The colorful, disco-leaning set was fittingly introduced by actor Ryan Gosling, who hosted the previous week’s episode, during which Styles made a surprise cameo in the monologue.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
15 Mar. 2026
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In the movie’s fuzzy metaphysics, Shelley wills herself into the consciousness of a character named Ida (also played by Buckley), a young woman angling for survival in 1930s Chicago — a colorful, dangerous world of bawdy lotharios and lethal gangsters.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Miller, the ski guide, noted the ultimate fatal mistake may have come down to angling slightly too far toward the eastern side.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Heeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heeling. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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