wangled

past tense of wangle

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Recent Examples of wangled The micro-budget indie (Sundance 2025) about a farm community recovering from wildfires had wangled a permit to shoot during the Actors Strike. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • As officials negotiated over how to permanently end the war in Iran, a separate plan emerged to break the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz.
    Munir Ahmed, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Some, like Santa Clarita, have come to the table and already negotiated a settlement.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • First class will see suites arranged in a 1-1-1 configuration across the cabin, each featuring an 80-inch flat bed and separate armchair, plus a full-length wardrobe.
    Jake McGowan, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • Written, composed, and arranged by K-indie singer-songwriter and producer Hyun-sang Ha, the pop-rock ballad was created with his friend, Minhyuk, in mind.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The killings were engineered to terrify the remaining Poles into fleeing westward, so extensive documentation was spread of the accompanying torture and mutilation.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
  • How has the company engineered this success?
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

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“Wangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wangled. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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