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maneuver

[muh-noo-ver] / məˈnu vər /






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In effect, the Leipzig attack was like a maneuver in a war game, or a feint.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

The maneuver would be unprecedented for the U.S.:

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

One of autonomous flight's biggest challenges is replicating a pilot's ability to spot and maneuver safely around other aircraft and obstacles, and there is virtually no margin for error.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

To do it, the instrument can maneuver a flexible mirror with near-atomic-scale precision to focus the bright starlight into a pinprick, then block it with a mask so it can observe the dim planet.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

My sister wanted to look at every single stall in the bazaar that sprawled between the ticket office and the entrance to the ruins, but Babou managed to maneuver her away from them all.

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

Listen to how nimbly Perry maneuvers some very tricky intervals.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

On a brilliant August afternoon, retired architect Tyler Smith hops into his “beach car”— a dented and sandy RAV4 with 130,000 miles on it—and maneuvers onto a grassy farm road on Martha’s Vineyard’s south shore.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

These maneuvers are intended to test technologies that could eventually be used for in-space satellite servicing, including future missions in which one spacecraft approaches and works near another.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

As for maneuvers that make rollovers into a plan useful, three are common.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

“I am due to report to maneuvers next week. How am I to explain my absence to the army?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

That means she recently crossed into her 50s, although when CBS’ Miller asked the glamorous Muppet to confirm that, she creatively maneuvered her interviewer into agreeing that both are 25.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

Instead the crew built a cockpit on a gimbal several feet in the air and maneuvered the actors across the sky as if they were really flying.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2026

Justice Department officials maneuvered to ensure that the court would take up the question as quickly as possible, evidently hoping to notch a win.

From Slate Feb. 10, 2026

An irate Armstrong maneuvered to have the bill pulled, and the Clarity Act is now stuck in limbo.

From Barron's Jan. 27, 2026

Dressed in their formal Olympic uniforms, they maneuvered the shell from one deck down to the next, trying to stay clear of lifeboat davits and guylines.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Even pro-AI residents have objected to the furtive maneuvering around data centers.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

But Cook’s careful demand forecasting and supply-chain maneuvering has hit a wall with one technological development: artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Joining with the main cast, the new Buzzes enact the series’ trademark high jinks about the silly maneuvering it takes for toys to traverse the types of barriers that humans can easily negotiate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The stamina, coordination, reflexes and maneuvering of a vehicle at such ridiculously high speeds is more than admirable.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

Bringing the orbital maneuvering system online, he fired a sustained burn from the nose cone array.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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