wangled

verb

past tense of wangle
as in negotiated
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care wangled a way to get free tickets to the show

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wangled
  1. negotiated
  2. arranged
  3. engineered
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  • All told, Baker has negotiated franchise acquisitions, league expansion, ownership investment, media, gaming and other transactions connected to teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, NWSL, WNBA, Liga MX, Formula 1 and European soccer leagues.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Her lawsuit alleges the department bypassed public hearings required by Proposition 103, and instead negotiated settlements with insurers seeking increases in auto and home premiums.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of negotiated
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  • Acting on flimsy pretenses, Bianco arranged in February for the seizure of hundreds of thousands of Proposition 50 ballots, questioning the integrity of the election months after the fact.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • It's arranged into an L-shape around a terrace, creating a home designed to embrace indoor/outdoor living.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of arranged
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  • Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have engineered a harmless virus into a nanoscale delivery platform that could help create personalized cancer vaccines.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Two weeks after befuddling football fans from Duluth to Daytona Beach, Texas PAC engineered an even more straightforward placement by snapping up a unit in NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of engineered

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“Wangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wangled. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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