wriggle
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He could manipulate the ball and wriggle out of tight areas.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
The Premier League has added some wriggle room, too, with a multi-year rolling allowance of 30% that permits clubs to spend beyond the limit.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
Matthew Umhofer, an attorney representing the Alliance, said the city paid big money to Gibson Dunn in a failed attempt to wriggle out of its legal obligations.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
An unholy specimen, a building creature that is sufficiently weird, necessary, and profitable to wriggle to life in the city’s stifling landscape of land-use regulations: the double duplex.
From Slate • Jul. 31, 2025
The Earthworm stood up on his tail and did a sort of wriggle of joy all by himself.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
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