maneuver
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The maneuver subjected the airframe to an estimated 3 Gs of force, akin to what a spacecraft experiences during launch, and exceeded the 737 MAX’s operating limit of 2.5 Gs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
These comments are what Johnson’s office sent me when I asked them to explain the maneuver over voter IDs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Halkias pointed to the fast food chain’s recent adoption of shredded lettuce on its chicken sandwiches as a cost-slashing maneuver typical of private equity-owned restaurants.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
The spacecraft will attempt to operate in a quasi-stable orbit around the tiny moon, an unusually difficult maneuver because Phobos does not offer the kind of stable orbital environment found around larger worlds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
My fingers shake as I try to maneuver the key into the closet lock.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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The government also highlighted ETF timing maneuvers around corporate dividend-issuance dates that are designed to avoid recognizing dividend income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
A major part of the challenge was generating enough useful training data to teach the policy how to handle aggressive maneuvers without creating an unnecessarily large data set.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Listen to how nimbly Perry maneuvers some very tricky intervals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
As for maneuvers that make rollovers into a plan useful, three are common.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Yeah, that’s stupid. But how’d he know about our maneuvers if at least some of what he’s saying isn’t true?”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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Holding her breath, Kanowa maneuvered her vehicle to get the perfect shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Members of the USC Reserve Officers Training Corps were in perfect step as they carefully maneuvered the documents off of the Boeing 737.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 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
Mouse maneuvered his way back to his seat, bumping just about everything and everyone.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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In a deft bit of narrative maneuvering, Gerald’s voice breaking was written into the show; Jamil Walker Smith played the character for all five seasons and one movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
With a little maneuvering, he managed to pull some duct tape from his tool belt and strap the sphere to his chest.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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