finagle

Example Sentences

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And if he was moving across the Atlantic, he figured he might as well finagle his way onto one of the country’s televised quiz shows.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2024

Indeed, the internet is full of DIY hackers explaining how to finagle a frunk unofficially.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Francisco-Juan claimed to be the 10-year-old’s father and had managed to finagle her mother into putting his name on her birth certificate, manufacturing bogus proof of the relationship.

From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2022

The scientist proposes to harness the sun’s rays and the engineer wants to finagle a solution with a coconut shell.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

Since my dayee Mehrdad lived in the coveted and ritzy Saratoga neighborhood within Lynbrook's district, we used his address to finagle our way into the school.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi