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angle

[ang-guhl] / ˈæŋ gəl /


VERB
fish
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I did not broach the topic despite thinking it might be a meaningful angle to explore.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Adjusting these phases changes the angle at which the array releases light, making it possible to steer the beam without moving any physical components.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

On the seventh pitch, he saw something he could drive — 416 feet at a 30-degree launch angle, to be exact.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

The personalization of sports viewing could undermine the connections that fans shared by watching the same iconic image from the same angle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Jonah joined the back of the crowd and tried to inconspicuously angle himself away from Gary, toward Katherine and Chip.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

We’re mostly beyond hating and bragging at this point, happy to be vertical or angled a bit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Robinson, from round the wicket, angled the ball in, then nipped it away off the surface and up the Lord's slope.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

Back then, the tall angled ceilings seemed to soar and the breakfast combos looked mountainous.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

“Our shoes are built differently than anything most people have worn before,” says Matthew Tran, Birchbury’s owner and founder, since the foot sits flat instead of angled downward like conventional dress shoes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

She ate it in a few bites and then angled back across the clearing, searching again.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

But some of the tech moguls angling to become our AI overlords aren’t like you and me.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

The company is angling to raise as much as $80 billion at a valuation of up to $2 trillion next month, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

If Martinez played to left centre-back Mings, Kolo Muani pressed intensely while angling his run to block the pass into Maatsen.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Within days, Gorka was angling for Kent’s old job at the counterterrorism center, the government’s hub for analyzing terrorist threats, The Washington Post reported.

From Salon Apr. 22, 2026

I started on the left wing, and I figured out that I could get these thin lines by angling the pencil tip.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt




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