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wrangle

[rang-guhl] / ˈræŋ gəl /




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A former hedge-fund manager, Bessent has taken a hands-on approach in an effort to wrangle bond yields lower.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

I wrangle her into those tights and leotard because I will always believe dance gives me the best life lessons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Too many lines of code to analyze, armies of AI assistants to wrangle, and lengthy prompts to draft are among the laments by hard-core AI adopters.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Thirteen of the 85 Federalist Papers wrangle with how best to handle this threat, she notes in her history of American civil-military relations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

Many women tendered their resignations during their pregnancies and reapplied to the laboratory when they were ready to work again, hoping they would find a way to wrangle back their old jobs.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Shein’s valuation has declined sharply since hitting $100 billion in 2022, as it wrangles with increasing competition from rivals such as Temu and persistent uncertainty from escalating trade restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Atop the aerial ladder of a bright red fire engine, a firefighter wrangles a hose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

It would be another four years before the legal wrangles to finally break up the Beatles were complete.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said the government’s wording was so vague it will lead to legal wrangles and most people “do not know what the meaning of a durable relationship is.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

Frau Büchner wrangles impossible harmonies from our voices.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Meanwhile, wind and solar developers have wrangled with mounting local opposition to their projects and the transmission lines needed to connect them to power users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

On third down from the three, Donald pushed his way into the Giants’ backfield and wrangled running back Najee Harris for a three-yard loss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Police officers followed and cornered the horse on motorbikes, before it was wrangled by a lasso-carrying cowboy.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Yet as I wrangled them into my closet, something kept nagging at me like a pebble in an insole: Bernie Sanders’ eye-rolling dismissal outside the Senate elevator.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Jessie announced to Isa, Oliver, and Hyacinth as she wrangled Laney into her puffy purple jacket and sparkly winter boots.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

After seven years of diplomatic wrangling, England and France struck a deal to temporarily bring it to the British Museum in London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The club still insists it is innocent of the financial rule-breaking charges first brought against it by the Premier League in 2023, and can appeal, so the legal wrangling is far from over.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Bonta has said that Ellison’s pledge for the two studios to release 30 films a year wasn’t enough to end the legal wrangling because prosecutors often are powerless to enforce conditions after a deal closes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

The agreement between Britain and the European Union to remove the border controls was signed on Tuesday in Brussels after years of wrangling following the UK's exit from the bloc in 2020.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

On October 13, after two more months of legal wrangling, the Crown suddenly announced the withdrawal of the indictment altogether.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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