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
Since my dayee Mehrdad lived in the coveted and ritzy Saratoga neighborhood within Lynbrook's district, we used his address to finagle our way into the school.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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