wiggle
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Others believe energy and trade volatility are here to stay, leaving zero wiggle room to absorb the hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
But sceptics have warned that financial constraints mean he will struggle to find wiggle room to fund bigger commitments.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
But other schools have looked for wiggle room, and the new IRS rule does have some exceptions.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
That said, Daryanani believes Dell still faces some risk from a potential slowdown in information-technology spending, competition from other vendors and the company’s debt balance, which could limit its financial wiggle room, her said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
I grin at her and wiggle my eyebrows.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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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
"We then look at this dance through a microscope with a camera and decode from the wiggles what the robots are saying to us. It's very similar to how honey bees communicate with each other."
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
Shiloh wiggles a few inches closer to her on his belly, rests his nose against her thigh, tail going whick, whack, whick, whack.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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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, he jumped on stage, wiggled his bottom at the cameras, made a strange wafting gesture with his hands and beat a hasty retreat, pursued by Jackson's security team.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 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
Seeing his chance, he kicked and wiggled his body, aiming for the bank.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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He installed himself courtside, the Windows Clippy among the die-hards, leaping from his seat after dunks and wiggling like one of those inflatable tubes at a car wash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Particularly impressive were improvements in robotic hands, Sarkar said, wiggling his fingers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Nooo,” comes a shout from the back of the room, a solo red paddle wiggling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
But the most likely answer is that particles of pollution are "wiggling their way through the lining of the blood vessels and lodging in various organs".
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
"But not as cool as you," Uncle Tony said, wiggling his eyebrows.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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