maneuvers

Example Sentences

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To advocates and education unions, such maneuvers amounted to improper or possibly illegal siphoning — and that’s one detail they were watching for Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Yet she’s the one who maneuvers him into a better job, where he accidentally fails upward into more responsibility thanks to his himbo charms.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

The basic idea is that companies can’t engage in tax-reducing maneuvers that lack a substantial business purpose, and the IRS has been using the doctrine to attack transactions during audits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The Big Ten was only able to negotiate such a strong deal after some savvy maneuvers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Billy and Valencia went to sleep nestled like spoons, and Billy traveled in time back to the train ride he had taken in 1944—from maneuvers in South Carolina to his father’s funeral in Ilium.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut