manoeuvre

• “A common understanding of fairness ought to dictate that this kind of manoeuvre is not worthy of a long discussion.”

  Obama adds two superdelegates, one's a former Clinton backer

• “The term "danger play" is less frequently found in the literature; it refers to a manoeuvre that guards against an unlikely distribution but loses a vital trick if the lie of cards is more or less normal.”

  The Guardian: A spectacular danger play

• “Obviously, my sense of maneuver/manoeuvre is a broad overall approach to a whole range of issues, of which “challenge” is only one …”

  P is for Push « An A-Z of ELT

• “So the room for manoeuvre is rather limited or, in other words, we are all in one boat in Europe, as far as the monetary system is concerned.”

  Europe and the Future

• “The word manoeuvre used an ae ligature in the original.”

  Browning's Heroines

• “A manoeuvre is being executed against me, and I do not know what it is.”

  Holding Her Down

• “The word manoeuvre uses an oe ligature in the original.”

  History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) Modern England, 1760-1815

• “But this short-term manoeuvre has harmed Labour’s prospect of a revival in the medium term.”

  The Brownites really can't play the expectations game

• “And at the second net we were greeted by rifle shots till we desisted and went on to the third, where the manoeuvre was again repeated.”

  Charley's Coup

• “If the alteration is no more than an ad hoc manoeuvre, that is, if it does not lead to any novel predictions, then it is regarded as degenerate.”

  Historicist Theories of Rationality

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