wheeling
noun
wheel·ing
ˈ(h)wē-liŋ 
1
: the act or process of one that wheels
2
: the condition of a road relative to passage on wheels
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Preller, though, isn’t finished wheeling and dealing.
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Another team hoping to prolong its championship window is the Milwaukee Bucks, whose wheeling and dealing included a trade Thursday to acquire Kyle Porter Jr. from the Los Angeles Clippers for MarJon Beauchamp.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Few would quarrel with a program aimed at overcoming the isolation that deaf and hard-of-hearing people may experience, but its creation nearly a half-century ago illustrates the wheeling and self-dealing that dominated the Capitol in the 1970s and 1980s.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, its owner, Warner Bros. Discovery, is positioning for wheeling and dealing that probably will include a sale of CNN sooner than later, if no other reason than to remove an irritant to President Trump that might scupper other potential mergers & acquisitions work.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Another team hoping to prolong its championship window is the Milwaukee Bucks, whose wheeling and dealing included a trade Thursday to acquire Kyle Porter Jr. from the Los Angeles Clippers for MarJon Beauchamp.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Few would quarrel with a program aimed at overcoming the isolation that deaf and hard-of-hearing people may experience, but its creation nearly a half-century ago illustrates the wheeling and self-dealing that dominated the Capitol in the 1970s and 1980s.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, its owner, Warner Bros. Discovery, is positioning for wheeling and dealing that probably will include a sale of CNN sooner than later, if no other reason than to remove an irritant to President Trump that might scupper other potential mergers & acquisitions work.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Wheeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheeling. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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Wheeling
geographical name
Whee·ling
ˈ(h)wē-liŋ
1
village in northeastern Illinois north-northeast of Chicago population 37,648
2
city on the Ohio River in northern West Virginia population 28,486
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