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Recent Examples of wangle For years, Jann Wenner, the editor and publisher of Rolling Stone, wangled special press plates for his car which allowed him to park where most others couldn’t. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 One of Trump’s conditions for supporting Ukraine’s independence and ending the war is to wangle an earth minerals deal out of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025 After wangling her way into the jury-deliberation room by getting Lonnie the sexist podcaster disqualified, her questions about the weapon, motive, and witnesses’ testimony puncture hole after hole in the DA’s case against Delia. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024 Then, the Yankees wangled and wooed it away from the Spanish and Mexicans. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 Through that connection, Marlinspike wangled a meeting with WhatsApp’s cofounder Brian Acton. Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016 To wangle a slice of the $40 billion Saudi Arabia plans to invest in Africa. Matthew T. Page, TIME, 10 May 2024 The production has managed to wangle an imposing location for the Visitor’s antics to unfold: one of those huge London statement homes made almost entirely of glass, like a sort of gigantic Cubist fishbowl. Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024 That very day in 1963, Mr. Epstein had borrowed his stepfather’s car and driven from New York City to the Cornell campus in upstate Ithaca, N.Y., to try to wangle his way back into school after having flunked out seven years earlier. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wangle
Verb
  • Deals like those could get done before the official start time because teams are allowed to negotiate with their own free agents once the NBA Finals are finished.
    Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
  • Years from now, there may not even be a need for agencies to negotiate and buy TV ad spots.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • In addition to their other tasks, house cleaners will arrange little items like these neatly.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
  • Similar to a puzzle, the goal is for kids to arrange the strings in a way that fits within the board’s pattern.
    Laura Lu, Parents, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The legislation was driven by concerns that the Chinese government could manipulate content and access sensitive data from American users.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 30 June 2025
  • Fox agreed two years ago to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787 million to drop a lawsuit related to the network’s false claims that voting machines were manipulated to help President Biden win the 2020 election.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025

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“Wangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wangle. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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