finagle
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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
Sure, reporters get to skip a few buses when they schedule ahead, but that can take a month to finagle and there’s nothing that feels very V.I.P. at the jail itself.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2022
The scientist proposes to harness the sun’s rays and the engineer wants to finagle a solution with a coconut shell.
From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021
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
The conference had filled up months earlier, but Jesse managed to finagle his way in over the phone.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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