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wiggle

[wig-uhl] / ˈwɪg əl /




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Others believe energy and trade volatility are here to stay, leaving zero wiggle room to absorb the hit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

Households with student loans have less wiggle room than they did, ever since payments resumed in late 2023.

From MarketWatch ● 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

She made a tunnel on the floor so I could race and wiggle to my hamster heart’s content.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Occasionally the wiggles get bigger and that can result in big curves in the flow - like a meandering river.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 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

Known as topological waves, these wiggles often occur on the border of two different regions, like plasma and the vacuum in tokamaks at its outer edge.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024

But this intersection, with its concrete islands, and wiggles and signals, just seemed confusing.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

He lifts his arm from his knee, holds his hand out, and wiggles his fingers.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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, he jumped on stage, wiggled his bottom at the cameras, made a strange wafting gesture with his hands and beat a hasty retreat, pursued by Jackson's security team.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 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

After dinner, Scruffy went to the full-length mirror and wiggled his face and whiskers.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

She singled out the city’s dozens of tusi banquets—dinner theater shows sold as exotic cultural experiences, with slickly coiffed young Tibetan men wiggling across the stage to hip-hop beats for an appreciative, largely female audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025

As they nibbled and play-snarled at her, the pup lay on her back, wiggling in glee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

Alex heard a bark and spotted Rex rolling on his back in the outfield grass, wiggling and kicking his paws in the air.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers


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