wiggle
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The problem is parents don’t have a lot of wiggle room on the matter, said Julie Margetta Morgan, the president of the Century Foundation.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Final regulations tie schools’ loan access to graduates’ earning power, with some wiggle room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Even the plans Burnham has hinted at so far could easily exceed the available wiggle room.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Beyond seasonal deals, experts recommend buying ground beef in bulk if you have the freezer space and wiggle room in your budget.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
I imagined bacterial colonies beginning to creep up, so I used a knife to wiggle it out of the pan and let it flop into the garbage, which had just about reached its limit.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
In a normal situation the jet stream would flow west to east across the Atlantic with weather systems being created by minor wiggles along it.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
"We then look at this dance through a microscope with a camera and decode from the wiggles what the robots are saying to us. It's very similar to how honey bees communicate with each other."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
“If you look at a video of a real baby primate, they have the exact same wiggles and imperfections,” says the filmmaker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
Rather than set in stone, this race wiggles like Jello.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024
Darkness wiggles its horrible fingers and tries to grab.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
To be sure, American consumers have wiggled out of tight spots before, powering the U.S. economy through decades-high inflation spikes, a pandemic, and armed conflicts.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Though Yamamoto wiggled out of the jam, it took him 23 pitches to escape the first inning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
“She immediately walked over to me and wiggled around like goldens do,” Koerner said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2025
Strip away those embellishments, though, and it remains a stubbornly lightweight pop song, based around the same four chords Western music has utilised since Elvis wiggled his hips.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
He blinked and yawned and wiggled and wet his diapers a little more, and waited.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
Maybe wiggling about a bit will throw off the kicker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
You can bet that most Americans, meanwhile, will be wiggling their hips to “Dákiti.”
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
Your body is wiggling all over the place if you’re not strong.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025
When Noland awoke from the surgery which installed the device, he said he was initially able to control a cursor on a screen by thinking about wiggling his fingers.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
“Well, I hope the Beast is ready to boogie, because Mrs. Turton is ready to dance. Look,” she added, wiggling one of her sneakers in the air.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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