finagle

Example Sentences

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Premium cabins typically aren’t cheap if you’re paying a cash fare, but you might be able to finagle your way to an upgrade.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2022

The team was fortunate to finagle an NFC East title and playoff berth with a 7-9 record last season.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022

If she used some of his vast fortune to fund her music career and finagle a starring role on Broadway, so what?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2021

Frank and his wife, who is from South Africa, managed to finagle their way into an area that hosted the original DeBeers mines, the enormous pits that made the company among the world’s wealthiest.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2021

“I hated being a lawyer. My parents worked as brokers at Oppenheimer securities. They managed to finagle me a job. It’s not pretty but that’s what happened.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis