wangle

Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people's hearts and homes.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023

Even when I was filming “Clifford,” I managed to somehow wangle my way into getting onto a flight and going back for three days of Glastonbury, and I was just floating.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

At six, he got his first library card from the Brooklyn Public Library; he would eventually wangle a second one from the neighbouring borough of Queens, doubling his weekly intake.

From Nature ● Jan. 27, 2020

Francis would wangle VIP invitations to 7th Fleet ceremonies and wait patiently for a chance to approach the admiral and shake his hand.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2018

It won’t be easy to wangle new ones.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

In the days just before World War I, the pair wangles an invitation to a stately castle, hoping to vindicate a cook suspected in the death of an earlier guest there.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2017

He abandons an academia-bound path, and, despite his “father’s odor among the old guard,” wangles a job offer from a shadowy HQ-linked businessman.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2015

When Scotty wangles an audience with the all-powerful Bennie in Bennie’s New York office, he arrives armed with a fish that he caught in the East River.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2010

Tartuffe in Tartuffe by Molière Probably the most famous hypocrite in literature, Tartuffe is an impoverished conman who wangles his way into the home of the well-to-do Orgon.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2010

He was always finding out little wangles that he wasn't supposed to see.

From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Herbert George Jenkins

English wangled a stop during a weeklong family trip to California that included national park visits to stop by Sunset Cliffs, which he saw on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Technically, she wasn’t old enough to work with the horses at the track, but Crump wangled her way in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Two years before, Caligiuri had wangled an invitation to an exclusive party thrown for George Michael in the Hollywood hills.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023

He wrote op-eds for major newspapers and wangled summonses from presidents to brief them on dealing with the Soviet Union and other world issues.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2021

With Everest, the most difficult of the septet, already taken care of, Hall and Ball wangled backing from a big electrical utility, Power Build, and were on their way.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

And well done for wangling a shift at Headingley.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2020

Still, her stepdad pushed Tiffany, recognising her talent and wangling her first paid gig.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2020

He made it to Borneo in 1984 by wangling a berth on an expedition to explore the Mulu caves, now one of the island’s tourist attractions.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2018

Mr. Dinkins added more cops on the streets — wangling a tax increase to do so — and more cadets in the police academy, who went on duty only after he left office.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2017

He's always right in there wangling for his own.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes