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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
wangle .
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Examples
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Nothing daunted, Mid soon "wangled" permission to become attached to the
Night Bombing with the Bedouins Robert Henry Reece
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A friend of his, who had held it, had enlarged upon the delightful hypocrisy of the sleepy little capital, where everything was engineered and "wangled" for the comfort of the
A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884
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"wangled" leave; I did myself see an application which would have wrung scalding tears from the eyes of a stoat, whose moving theme originated entirely in the fertile brain of one of the man's comrades.
With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett
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"The kindest fate sent me across -- I 'wangled' a passport -- really serious war work, and here I am for a fortnight, even in war time one
Man and Maid Elinor Glyn 1903
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Busted by her employer for fraud, she wangled a slot at Hampshire College.
Jesse Kornbluth: Gabrielle Hamilton: From Wild Child to Successful Restaurateur Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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In 1878 he wangled the post of superintendent of the White River Indian Agency in a cold, remote valley, a region that interested white miners.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Although they wangled an invitation to the CBI, they dropped their opening-round game March 17 to College of Charleston, ending the season at 20-13.
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Although they wangled an invitation to the CBI, they dropped their opening-round game March 17 to College of Charleston, ending the season at 20-13.
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He just wangled an all day expedition to an off the road interesting local area and an orchid farm.
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Busted by her employer for fraud, she wangled a slot at Hampshire College.
Jesse Kornbluth: Gabrielle Hamilton: From Wild Child to Successful Restaurateur Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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