maneuver

Example Sentences

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Hansen then described the translunar injection burn -- a maneuver that brought Orion within 200 kilometers of Earth before swinging around onto a new course for the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

They already have little room to maneuver and cut from already stretched budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“We will now begin to expand inland…creating additional freedom of maneuver for U.S. forces,” said Caine, adding, “we have sufficient precision munitions for the task at hand, both for offense and defense.”

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

And while the Eagles rode the maneuver to a Super Bowl, the rest of the league found it so aggravating and unsightly that certain teams pushed unsuccessfully last year to ban it from the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

No matter how long it took Abby to maneuver her walker, they encouraged her to move around by herself, while they waited.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret