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[wig-uhl] / ˈwɪg əl /




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They landed at annual tuition and fees of $26,800 a year—a number Glowienka calls “closer to reality”—because it still offers wiggle room for scholarships while being comparable to out-of-state public tuition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But sceptics have warned that financial constraints mean he will struggle to find wiggle room to fund bigger commitments.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

But other schools have looked for wiggle room, and the new IRS rule does have some exceptions.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

In the initial stages, she could not lift her legs or wiggle her toes.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

"At home,” said Martha, "they think the children have enough sense to fix their own hair. And they don’t have to wear hair ribbons tied so tight that they can’t wiggle their eyebrows.”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Styles has a lot in common with the King of Rock and Roll: from his chiselled good looks to the particular way he wiggles his hips.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

"To report out their temperature measurements, we designed a special computer instruction that encodes a value, such as the measured temperature, in the wiggles of a little dance the robot performs," says Blaauw.

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

“And you have my number at the Liebs’?” My mom wiggles her hands into her gloves.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

In protest, Cocker jumped on stage, wiggled his bottom at the cameras, made a strange wafting gesture with his hands and made a hasty exit, pursued by Jackson's security team.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 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

Nat wiggled his fingers to see if they still worked.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Particularly impressive were improvements in robotic hands, Sarkar said, wiggling his fingers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Maybe wiggling about a bit will throw off the kicker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

But the most likely answer is that particles of pollution are "wiggling their way through the lining of the blood vessels and lodging in various organs".

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

You can bet that most Americans, meanwhile, will be wiggling their hips to “Dákiti.”

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025

Something golden tried to avoid her hand, but she caught it, wiggling and glimmering, opened her mouth, and popped it inside.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman




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