angling

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Elliot asked, hurrying after me as I wove through the trees, all the time angling so we’d be behind that stone wall when we made it to the top of the hill.

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I couldn’t seem to walk straight, and kept angling off to one side.

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Before they could say anything he half walked, half crawled toward the behemoth, angling toward its tail, thinking it would be easier to step over the tail than the body or snout.

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It’s the ‘iwa, come back! I’m sure of it. The ‘iwa seems to float in the air, angling ever so slightly for the street.

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“I didn’t. That was her plan. She knew that our Warsaw operation was being dismantled and insisted on supervising. I consented. She was always angling for assignments, and I figured this might scratch that itch.”

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