wangle
Example Sentences
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Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people's hearts and homes.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2023
Even when I was filming “Clifford,” I managed to somehow wangle my way into getting onto a flight and going back for three days of Glastonbury, and I was just floating.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
I’d have tried to wangle my way into the lab designated containment level 3, the highest-but-one level of biosafety security, where Heeney’s biologists investigate pathogens such as the West Nile virus or the tuberculosis bacterium.
From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2020
Once he tried to wangle a legitimate PhD from the University of Manchester.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020
“Order of Merlin, Second Class, I’d say. First Class, if I can wangle it!”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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