maneuver

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Hansen then described the translunar injection burn -- a maneuver that brought Orion within 200 kilometers of Earth before swinging around onto a new course for the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

It was a maneuver based in part on the fact that other nations, including China and in Europe, are much more reliant on oil from the region than the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

And while the Eagles rode the maneuver to a Super Bowl, the rest of the league found it so aggravating and unsightly that certain teams pushed unsuccessfully last year to ban it from the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Leaders don’t get power if they don’t maneuver; but they misuse their power if they don’t also defer to the reality principle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The streets were still mostly empty as we merged onto the highway, but Babou drove as if he was dodging enemy fire, pulling off one evasive maneuver after another.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram