angle (for)
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He said he didn't have the angle for a dunk "so I tried to tip it in softly and it went in."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
The grassy hills around the building that slope at the ideal angle for children to roll down like logs — those had to stay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sounded hung up on this question, and Justice Elena Kagan seemed to angle for their votes by pressing Clement and Sauer on it.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2026
His approach combines image recognition with statistical analysis to determine the best angle for picking each fruit.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026
She craned her neck to investigate the possibilities of a clump of bushes to the right and then withdrew farther to obtain a better angle for viewing its dark recesses.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
He said he didn't have the angle for a dunk "so I tried to tip it in softly and it went in."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
He crouched down in an attempt to find the right angle for a photo of the scene on his phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sounded hung up on this question, and Justice Elena Kagan seemed to angle for their votes by pressing Clement and Sauer on it.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2026
His approach combines image recognition with statistical analysis to determine the best angle for picking each fruit.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026
Once they had passed a certain point it created a difficult angle for the defenders on the wall to fire at them.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
