angling

Example Sentences

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Pigasse was angling to win the job of helping Venezuela restructure around $150 billion in unpaid debts and repair the country’s standing with investors around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The company is angling to raise as much as $80 billion at a valuation of up to $2 trillion next month, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

If Martinez played to left centre-back Mings, Kolo Muani pressed intensely while angling his run to block the pass into Maatsen.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

The prediction markets have spent a lot of energy of late angling to convince people that they are not the complete and total Wild West that they have often appeared to be.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

I rinse the stain in the sink and wring out the fabric, and then I stand under the hand dryer, angling my body so the hot air hits the wet part.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison