angling

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The league was angling to reopen existing media deals, potentially giving deep-pocketed streamers a chance to make even more inroads into America’s most popular sport.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Richarlison was key to the plan, positioning himself partly to block the pass into Villa's right centre midfielder Lamare Bogarde, while angling his body to discourage Emiliano Martinez from playing down Villa's right.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Within days, Gorka was angling for Kent’s old job at the counterterrorism center, the government’s hub for analyzing terrorist threats, The Washington Post reported.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

The podcasters announced that they had won a “commitment to editorial independence,” lest anyone think OpenAI CEO Sam Altman might be angling to turn their show into propaganda.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

The aeroplane had no solid body; it was only an empty frame about twenty feet long, four feet high in front and angling up in back to only about a foot.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep