as in to negotiate
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 wangle
After wangling her way into the jury-deliberation room by getting Lonnie the sexist podcaster disqualified, her questions about the weapon, motive, and witnesses’ testimony puncture hole after hole in the DA’s case against Delia.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
Then, the Yankees wangled and wooed it away from the Spanish and Mexicans.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Through that connection, Marlinspike wangled a meeting with WhatsApp’s cofounder Brian Acton.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
To wangle a slice of the $40 billion Saudi Arabia plans to invest in Africa.
—Matthew T. Page, TIME, 10 May 2024
The production has managed to wangle an imposing location for the Visitor’s antics to unfold: one of those huge London statement homes made almost entirely of glass, like a sort of gigantic Cubist fishbowl.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
That very day in 1963, Mr. Epstein had borrowed his stepfather’s car and driven from New York City to the Cornell campus in upstate Ithaca, N.Y., to try to wangle his way back into school after having flunked out seven years earlier.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
This theory is possible; a crooked or inept employee might have taken the file, wangled it to serve Ariely’s hypothesis, and then re-sent it using a non-Hartford e-mail address.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people’s hearts and homes.
—Jonathan Losos, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
Then, the Yankees wangled and wooed it away from the Spanish and Mexicans.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Through that connection, Marlinspike wangled a meeting with WhatsApp’s cofounder Brian Acton.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
To wangle a slice of the $40 billion Saudi Arabia plans to invest in Africa.
—Matthew T. Page, TIME, 10 May 2024
The production has managed to wangle an imposing location for the Visitor’s antics to unfold: one of those huge London statement homes made almost entirely of glass, like a sort of gigantic Cubist fishbowl.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
That very day in 1963, Mr. Epstein had borrowed his stepfather’s car and driven from New York City to the Cornell campus in upstate Ithaca, N.Y., to try to wangle his way back into school after having flunked out seven years earlier.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
This theory is possible; a crooked or inept employee might have taken the file, wangled it to serve Ariely’s hypothesis, and then re-sent it using a non-Hartford e-mail address.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people’s hearts and homes.
—Jonathan Losos, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wangle
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Although Kessler is a high-profile litigator, including by leading high-profile antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA, NASCAR, U.S. Soccer, the NFL and other major sports defendants, litigators sometimes negotiate resolutions without having to go to court.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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In other markets, inventory will be lower and there will be less room to negotiate.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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One day before TikTok star Deborah Finck died of rare soft tissue cancer, her daughter Katerina arranged a meaningful memory.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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McGahn arranged a memo warning Trump the move could lead to his impeachment.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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In more significant cases, scammers manipulate individuals into transferring large sums of money to fake people, scam accounts, or identity theft.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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As Beckman's accomplice, Lau allegedly manipulated documents, including documents allegedly stolen from the venture capital firm that employed her while supposedly hiding her work for GameOn.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Wangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wangle. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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