WANGLED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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But there was this other documentary series filming there that had negotiated for exclusive rights to film at Burning Man for, like, two or three years.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
But this is the second consecutive offseason Duren has negotiated for a new deal, and those attempts, thus far, have proven futile.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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Dogan deliberately arranged for Salah’s medical to take place in the metropolis of Istanbul, over 500 miles (nearly 900km) from Trabzon, so the Egyptian could see how frenzied the welcome would be.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
On Sunday, the Lime Rock Concours and Gathering of the Marques display nearly 1,000 enthusiast cars and motorcycles arranged around the Lime Rock circuit.

— Mark Maglio, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

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The drop-protection phone case was engineered to offer up to 16ft drop protection, which can come in handy for outdoor phone protection, where the risk of accidental drops is higher.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
Windows 11 Pro is engineered to work with your PC — not against it—so your system finally runs like the powerhouse it was built to be.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

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