maneuver
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Video of the maneuver, which went viral on social media, shows an F/A-18 Super Hornet fly low over the beach before turning over the water and climbing to a higher altitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
It could try a similar maneuver with the F-35, but is it worth the political lift?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Mind the points,” Flod cautions, as I maneuver around an oversize papier-mache mask covered in protruding footlong spikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
And to get a piece of the rocket maker, investors must cede some traditional rights as owners, with Musk maintaining 85% voting power over the company using Ford II’s Class B-stock maneuver.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“My father needs someone to aid the empire—someone to help him maneuver around difficult people.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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Any benefits to the equity market due to Fed policy maneuvers have been purely ancillary, Sosnick said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Here, Madonna is liberated from Universal’s script notes or editing maneuvers, free from tweaking anyone’s performance to feel more like the real thing.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The mission attempting unprecedented maneuvers has a projected cost of $30 million to save the device, which originally cost $250 million.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
To advocates and education unions, such maneuvers amounted to improper or possibly illegal siphoning — and that’s one detail they were watching for Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
The maneuvers had her flying an open-cockpit biplane upside down about 10 feet above the ground and slicing through a ribbon stretched between two poles.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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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
An irate Armstrong maneuvered to have the bill pulled, and the Clarity Act is now stuck in limbo.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
Ibrahim and his friends approached Sinjil and maneuvered their SUV around rocks placed on the road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Even Rumpy had maneuvered a half-grown female into combing his scruffy fur.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Closing arguments centered heavily on Altman's integrity and behind-the-scenes maneuvering that rankled colleagues.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Because of the state’s maneuvering, it could take years for the plaintiffs to get their day in court.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Operation Epic Fury will show if we are edging closer to the early air-power prophets’ vision or if air power in support of maneuvering ground forces remains the key to victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Around 9 a.m., sanitation workers were maneuvering what appeared to be a massive vacuum hose inside the drain, hoovering up debris before the manhole cover could be sealed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
"Hermes is huge. It's not made for fine maneuvering control."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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