maneuver
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The units weigh on average about 150 pounds, and it often takes several people to maneuver the unit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Is Holmes’ husband trying to maneuver the situation because he cares for his wife, or because his behavioral patterns mirror those of Balwani and Holmes’ assailant?
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
It is Mungiu’s sharpest and most illuminating maneuver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 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
Helen tries to maneuver me onto the sofa but I can’t stay sitting; my body wants to pace.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Listen to how nimbly Perry maneuvers some very tricky intervals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Go-arounds are routine maneuvers pilots perform to redo landing attempts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
As for maneuvers that make rollovers into a plan useful, three are common.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
He spent four days rushing from one office to the next, in a series of desperate maneuvers that all ran up against the same wall of bureaucratic incomprehension.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Eventually, the robot gripped the glass by the rim, maneuvered it into place and threw its hands in the air in triumph.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Crane operators maneuvered twisted I-beams as if playing pick-up sticks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
Instead the crew built a cockpit on a gimbal several feet in the air and maneuvered the actors across the sky as if they were really flying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
He maneuvered the machine as delicately as a surgeon performing an operation.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
That has made the postpandemic housing market one of the most challenging in recent memory and limits the amount of financial maneuvering available to would-be buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
“There!” the Prince ordered, some time later, and his ship began maneuvering into the cove for a safe place to anchor.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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