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wrangle

[rang-guhl] / ˈræŋ gəl /




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I wrangle her into those tights and leotard because I will always believe dance gives me the best life lessons.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Colourful details about the private lives of the brawling billionaires have trickled out in the run-up to trial as attorneys wrangle over the evidence and testimony that should and shouldn't be shared with the jury.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

He could either exploit the armada as leverage to wrangle a diplomatic deal or pull the trigger.

From Slate Mar. 4, 2026

Thirteen of the 85 Federalist Papers wrangle with how best to handle this threat, she notes in her history of American civil-military relations.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 1, 2026

We could fight and wrangle and name-call, but it didn’t change anything underneath.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Shein’s valuation has declined sharply since hitting $100 billion in 2022, as it wrangles with increasing competition from rivals such as Temu and persistent uncertainty from escalating trade restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Atop the aerial ladder of a bright red fire engine, a firefighter wrangles a hose.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

There have been wrangles over territory in the South China Sea for centuries, but tension has grown in recent years.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2025

Somehow he wrangles a group of five surly boys until one of their rich fathers comes through and whisks away four.

From Salon Feb. 16, 2024

Frau Büchner wrangles impossible harmonies from our voices.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Yet as I wrangled them into my closet, something kept nagging at me like a pebble in an insole: Bernie Sanders’ eye-rolling dismissal outside the Senate elevator.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

As a young father, Craig moved his family to the Northern Territories of Australia, where he wrangled “scrub bulls and buffalo” that had escaped from herds and needed to be sent to market.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

Last October, a similar inflatable pumpkin went on a windy joyride, rolling into traffic and briefly “attacking” an officer before being wrangled back into submission.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2025

Some hunted for drinks, others were wrangled by publicists to interviews and photo shoots with eager journalists.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2025

If asked to, she could have capably wrangled seventeen dollars from the English or caught a pigeon with her bare hands.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

After weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling, the Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to approve two settlement agreements with Charter that allowed the merger to move forward.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

It's true that for years he has tried publicly to stay out of Labour internal wrangling, styling himself as a loyalist – which didn't always go down well.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The European Union on Friday unveils reforms of its carbon market, after fierce wrangling between countries, industry and activists over the pace of the bloc's climate push.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

We’re wrangling a lot of very needy creative egos.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Gawaine, cannot we leave this wrangling to another time?

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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