wangle
Example Sentences
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Technically, she wasn’t old enough to work with the horses at the track, but Crump wangled her way in.
Then, the Yankees wangled and wooed it away from the Spanish and Mexicans.
From Los Angeles Times
Two years before, Caligiuri had wangled an invitation to an exclusive party thrown for George Michael in the Hollywood hills.
From BBC
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
When the Spanish-American War erupted, Otis wangled a brigadier general appointment from now-commander in chief McKinley, and returned from the Philippines as a major general.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
