maneuver
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That’s a maneuver that positions the booster to return to a landing site.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
In effect, the Leipzig attack was like a maneuver in a war game, or a feint.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Eventually, California Highway Patrol officers disabled the car by conducting a successful PIT maneuver just west of the 110 Freeway, near downtown Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The maneuver would be unprecedented for the U.S.:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
If he could just maneuver around them, then turn and run after his friends...
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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These maneuvers are intended to test technologies that could eventually be used for in-space satellite servicing, including future missions in which one spacecraft approaches and works near another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
That’s what makes the promise of increased Treasury buybacks through November, and other potential “tools,” more than technical maneuvers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Some financial analysts compared Bessent’s maneuvers to “rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic”—which probably isn’t an analogy he’d prefer to see!
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Yields, though, have continued to march higher, exposing the limits of his maneuvers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
To the Soviet leadership, put on the defensive by Reagan's belligerent rhetoric and by the suspicious information collected by Operation RYaN, the maneuvers seemed terrifyingly real.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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Holding her breath, Kanowa maneuvered her vehicle to get the perfect shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
On a rainy day in December, Ayala maneuvered his truck one final time through Mount Washington’s narrow streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
That means she recently crossed into her 50s, although when CBS’ Miller asked the glamorous Muppet to confirm that, she creatively maneuvered her interviewer into agreeing that both are 25.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Justice Department officials maneuvered to ensure that the court would take up the question as quickly as possible, evidently hoping to notch a win.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026
With even more care than before, Malcolm maneuvered the canoe around the corner and out of sight.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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But he has been irked at what he says is Paramount’s under-the-table maneuvering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Even pro-AI residents have objected to the furtive maneuvering around data centers.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
But Cook’s careful demand forecasting and supply-chain maneuvering has hit a wall with one technological development: artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
UniCredit, one of Italy’s largest banks, has meanwhile been maneuvering to take control of Germany’s Commerzbank, securing nearly half of the target bank’s shares following a takeover push this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For months on end, the activity in the courtroom consisted of the driest legal maneuvering imaginable.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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