maneuver
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How much room for maneuver do you have in your current federal tax bracket?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The cancellation was done through a maneuver known as a pocket rescission.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
France’s strained finances leaves little room for maneuver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
While showing viewers how offensive players should hold the football to counter the maneuver , Watt encouraged Nantz to “give that a good punch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Everyone in the room cheers as she pulls her portable oxygen concentrator onto the stage, her sister, Abby, helping her maneuver up the steps and into the spotlight.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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But Lee of the German Marshall Fund expects that Trump has limited room for new maneuvers to force Russia and Ukraine back to the negotiating table.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Ordinary maneuvers such as tacking and gybing—both of which involve swinging the mainsail from one side of the vessel to the other—are arduous for the solo sailor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The team developed an AI-based controller that allows the robotic bug to perform demanding aerial maneuvers, including repeated body flips.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Listen to how nimbly Perry maneuvers some very tricky intervals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
On the first day of November the Second Division left Wellington, presumably on maneuvers at Hawke Bay again, but ending up instead at Noumea on the French island of New Caledonia.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Decades later, on a scorching afternoon last month, she maneuvered her pickup to a bridge overlooking the Rio Grande’s sandy riverbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Eventually, the robot gripped the glass by the rim, maneuvered it into place and threw its hands in the air in triumph.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
On a rainy day in December, Ayala maneuvered his truck one final time through Mount Washington’s narrow streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Yet even though our two countries are inextricably bound together, and despite the existential nature of Canada’s reliance on the U.S. market, we have maneuvered ourselves into a self-defeating elbows-up mentality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Backing off on the throttle, Dad carefully maneuvered the boat through the narrow channel along the sandbar.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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Maeve, meanwhile, is maneuvering to expand her own power.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
But he has been irked at what he says is Paramount’s under-the-table maneuvering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
She had a hard time maneuvering through the mobs of tourists.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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