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- noun Plural form of
wangle .
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Examples
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She imagines she can sweet-talk black voters into turning out for her in their usual numbers if she somehow wangles the nomination.
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Best of all, and clearly Bamberger's favorite, is go-getting junior Bob Costa, an irrepressible fast-talker who wangles his way into everything from interviewing Patti LaBelle at a Philadelphia Eagles game to shaking hands with Bill Clinton.
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Or bumping through the honking traffic of Nairobi in the chauffeured limousine of a Kenyan political mogul as he wangles himself a massive bribe for allowing an Indian building contractor to cover five hundred miles of new road with a single paper-thin surface of tarmac guaranteed to last at least two rainy seasons?
the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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Or bumping through the honking traffic of Nairobi in the chauffeured limousine of a Kenyan political mogul as he wangles himself a massive bribe for allowing an Indian building contractor to cover five hundred miles of new road with a single paper-thin surface of tarmac guaranteed to last at least two rainy seasons?
The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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Best of all, and clearly Bamberger's favorite, is go-getting junior Bob Costa, an irrepressible fast-talker who wangles his way into everything from interviewing Patti LaBelle at a Philadelphia Eagles game to shaking hands with Bill Clinton.
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At one point he wangles an appointment with the president in the Oval Office and he, in effect, says to FDR, ` You know, I have extraordinary contacts in journalism, among international government figures, among businessmen worldwide.
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He bonds with Riley over Chopin played on Peter's gramophone in the trenches and wangles a promotion for the private despite "some concern that you aren't quite a gentleman."
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Wendy Smith 2011
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Centre wangles pause in bill fight today succeeded in restoring normality in the Lok Sabha after Pranab Mukherjee pacified the agitated opponents of the women's reservation bill
WN.com - Articles related to After IT, it's decade of infrastructure in India: Kamal Nath 2010
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Jenny is intent on seeing alligators and wangles me into a tourist trap I wouldn't ordinarily go for: a sunset swamp cruise out of Prairieville.
unknown title 2009
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Jenny is intent on seeing alligators and wangles me into a tourist trap I wouldn't ordinarily go for: a sunset swamp cruise out of Prairieville.
unknown title 2009
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