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maneuver

[muh-noo-ver] / məˈnu vər /






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The maneuver subjected the airframe to an estimated 3 Gs of force, akin to what a spacecraft experiences during launch, and exceeded the 737 MAX’s operating limit of 2.5 Gs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Halkias pointed to the fast food chain’s recent adoption of shredded lettuce on its chicken sandwiches as a cost-slashing maneuver typical of private equity-owned restaurants.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

There is one maneuver that pilots say brings them particular anxiety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

The spacecraft will attempt to operate in a quasi-stable orbit around the tiny moon, an unusually difficult maneuver because Phobos does not offer the kind of stable orbital environment found around larger worlds.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

It hadn’t seemed particularly effective at the time, but now I understood the maneuver for what it was: control.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The team developed an AI-based controller that allows the robotic bug to perform demanding aerial maneuvers, including repeated body flips.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Listen to how nimbly Perry maneuvers some very tricky intervals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

That’s what makes the promise of increased Treasury buybacks through November, and other potential “tools,” more than technical maneuvers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

Some financial analysts compared Bessent’s maneuvers to “rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic”—which probably isn’t an analogy he’d prefer to see!

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Ethan maneuvers his truck down the narrow path and we are swallowed up by overgrown oleander, pink and white blooms brushing our windows.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

“He maneuvered politically very well through the good and bad times.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Members of the USC Reserve Officers Training Corps were in perfect step as they carefully maneuvered the documents off of the Boeing 737.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

That means she recently crossed into her 50s, although when CBS’ Miller asked the glamorous Muppet to confirm that, she creatively maneuvered her interviewer into agreeing that both are 25.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Justice Department officials maneuvered to ensure that the court would take up the question as quickly as possible, evidently hoping to notch a win.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026

Leroy maneuvered the car onto the adjacent street as if it had been his plan to turn all along, but it hadn’t.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

Even pro-AI residents have objected to the furtive maneuvering around data centers.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

But Cook’s careful demand forecasting and supply-chain maneuvering has hit a wall with one technological development: artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

Besides, half the fun of reading columnist Holman Jenkins is maneuvering through his idiosyncratic style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The stamina, coordination, reflexes and maneuvering of a vehicle at such ridiculously high speeds is more than admirable.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

Both Jenny and Shad embarrassed him a little with their talk of love; he turned his eyes to the book-shelves and tried not to be too obvious in his maneuvering of the conversation.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt




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