angling

Example Sentences

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Youri Tielemans received a pass inside the Chelsea half, took two touches to shift it out of his feet before angling a bullet-like drive into Kepa Arrizabalaga's top corner.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The prediction markets have spent a lot of energy of late angling to convince people that they are not the complete and total Wild West that they have often appeared to be.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 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

That is why Chinese companies are also angling for business as parts suppliers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The aeroplane had no solid body; it was only an empty frame about twenty feet long, four feet high in front and angling up in back to only about a foot.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep