elbowroom
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By war's end, father Jay was moving aside to give Harsen plenty of elbowroom, and Harsen's ideas were to expand.
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There's elbowroom below for routine maintenance, and vital fluids checks are easy thanks to Volvo's color-coding system.
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He felt cramped in his constitutional compartment of powers, looked for elbowroom.
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While winning elbowroom at the men's bar, she has lost her seat in the subway.
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All the same, I’m free to admit that I haven’t quite the elbowroom I need.”
From Stepsons of Light by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove