finagle

Example Sentences

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He had finagled some blank report cards and used them to bring home self-inserted high marks.

From Los Angeles Times

“L.A.’s bureaucracy is tough. You have to finagle. You have to cajole. You have to outflank them to get them to do what you think needs to be done.”

From Los Angeles Times

This traveler is hellbent on finagling an upgrade at the front desk.

From Washington Post

Precious about his loss, yet glib about other people’s, he has the charismatic narcissist’s ability to finagle subservience.

From New York Times

The goal: to finagle things, by whatever means necessary, so that the government’s preferred candidate is chosen over another cleric being groomed by the Muslim Brotherhood, a group that some have called a terrorist organization.

From Washington Post