as in negotiates
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
wangled a way to get free tickets to the show
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Such fundraisers would be prohibited if the union succeeds in being recognized and negotiates a contract reflecting its demands.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Multiple versions of the template, reviewed by The Athletic, state that if a player intends to transfer before the end of an agreement, the athlete would owe the remaining amount left to be paid on the contract, unless the school negotiates a different buyout amount.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The painter spends hours drawing sketches of the corpse, then chops up her body, arranges the pieces in a suitcase and buries it with the help of an old man sitting under a cypress tree.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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The main headlight projectors appear to be vertically stacked under the horizontal accent LED, which is sort of the opposite of how the gas Cullinan arranges them.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
15 Jan. 2026
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The virtual machine isolation provides protection against prompt injection even if an attacker manipulates Claude’s behavior.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Also, the fact that Stephen’s not physically intense, necessarily, but moreso manipulates mentally with mind games must bring its own challenges.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Early episodes deploy standard teen drama plots like a prank war (against a competing academy) and a party night (with the same competing academy).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
15 Jan. 2026
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Thus begins a thorny relationship in which Jules plots vengeance, though their dynamic soon takes a fascinating turn.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Dec. 2025
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Big Tech now engineers a perpetual state of insecurity by creating relentless technological churn, rendering our skills and safety measures obsolete, only to then sell us the tools to catch up.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.—
Noah Lyons,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Wangles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wangles. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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