maneuvering (around)

present participle of maneuver (around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for maneuvering (around)
Verb
  • Villa have enjoyed a successful style, evading risk and playing with precision.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Thomas Phillips and his children – believed to be ages 9, 10 and 12 – had been evading police in a remote part of the country’s North Island since December 2021, triggering a manhunt that gripped the nation.
    Todd Symons, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Old Dominion started fast, with quarterback Colton Joseph faking out the Hoosiers defense on the first offensive play of the game and sprinting 75 yards for a touchdown.
    Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Environmental groups and the Miccosukee tribe had sued the state and federal government for sidestepping federal environmental regulations when erecting the site in an airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The two countries have also increasingly settled transactions in rubles and yuan with Putin announcing that 90% of the two countries transactions are being settled in those currencies as of December 2024, sidestepping Western financial systems.
    Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The viral trend has fueled fiery online debates — with TikToks showing everything from brides dodging cake by bending over backwards to grooms chasing their new wives across the room just to land the smash.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Why then, after dodging bullets and a couple of explosive shellings, look at the president’s role in the economy on fall Sunday when the NFL stops the nation in its tracks save for DraftKings ?
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Maneuvering (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maneuvering%20%28around%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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