wriggle

Example Sentences

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"You need to have some wriggle room" for when things go wrong, he added.

From BBC

She expressed a desire for more wriggle room in the spreadsheets against her self-imposed fiscal rules – so-called "headroom".

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Oliver is used to hospitals, but is fretful, and wriggles as the research nurse slowly injects the treatment, about a cup full, into a catheter in his chest.

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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.

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They knew just what to do, and they ran full tilt to help this troika of newcomers wriggle free.

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