angle (for)
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He said he didn't have the angle for a dunk "so I tried to tip it in softly and it went in."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
The grassy hills around the building that slope at the ideal angle for children to roll down like logs — those had to stay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
They weren’t even sure the video was real when they watched the jar hurtle across their screens at exactly the right angle for the label to spin into focus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sounded hung up on this question, and Justice Elena Kagan seemed to angle for their votes by pressing Clement and Sauer on it.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2026
She craned her neck to investigate the possibilities of a clump of bushes to the right and then withdrew farther to obtain a better angle for viewing its dark recesses.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
He said he didn't have the angle for a dunk "so I tried to tip it in softly and it went in."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
They weren’t even sure the video was real when they watched the jar hurtle across their screens at exactly the right angle for the label to spin into focus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sounded hung up on this question, and Justice Elena Kagan seemed to angle for their votes by pressing Clement and Sauer on it.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2026
His approach combines image recognition with statistical analysis to determine the best angle for picking each fruit.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026
You can tell her mentor didn't have any trouble coming up with an angle for her.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
