wiggle
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Canada’s retaliatory tariffs aren’t set to take effect for another two weeks, leaving wiggle room for the two sides to reach a last-minute compromise.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
The problem is parents don’t have a lot of wiggle room on the matter, said Julie Margetta Morgan, the president of the Century Foundation.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
This burden strains cash flow and leaves little wiggle room for unexpected expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Burnham has little wiggle room to meaningfully spend or borrow more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
She felt worms wiggle against her muddy sides.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
In a normal situation the jet stream would flow west to east across the Atlantic with weather systems being created by minor wiggles along it.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
"To report out their temperature measurements, we designed a special computer instruction that encodes a value, such as the measured temperature, in the wiggles of a little dance the robot performs," says Blaauw.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
“If you look at a video of a real baby primate, they have the exact same wiggles and imperfections,” says the filmmaker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
Rather than set in stone, this race wiggles like Jello.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024
He wiggles so much, he looks like he has to go to the bathroom.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
To be sure, American consumers have wiggled out of tight spots before, powering the U.S. economy through decades-high inflation spikes, a pandemic, and armed conflicts.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
In protest, Cocker jumped on stage, wiggled his bottom at the cameras, made a strange wafting gesture with his hands and made a hasty exit, pursued by Jackson's security team.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Though Yamamoto wiggled out of the jam, it took him 23 pitches to escape the first inning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
“She immediately walked over to me and wiggled around like goldens do,” Koerner said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2025
During the night we dug a hole underneath the wire wall and wiggled like snakes under it to the other side.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
Particularly impressive were improvements in robotic hands, Sarkar said, wiggling his fingers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“It’s going so fast,” Wahab said, wiggling and pointing as her aunt held on tightly for safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Maybe wiggling about a bit will throw off the kicker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
You can bet that most Americans, meanwhile, will be wiggling their hips to “Dákiti.”
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
Nooo! the Blob yells and catches a wiggling Joon by the ankle just as he is about to escape.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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