angling

Example Sentences

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But some of the tech moguls angling to become our AI overlords aren’t like you and me.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The company is angling to raise as much as $80 billion at a valuation of up to $2 trillion next month, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

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

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

Before we started angling to get into the wide world again the first question I wanted answered was this whole small-pox epidemic thing.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff