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[rang-guhl] / ˈræŋ gəl /




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The former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is still in a wrangle with the taxman.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

A few years before the Cybercab applications, Unibev had managed to wrangle another trademark out from under Tesla for a novelty beverage called Teslaquila.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

He could either exploit the armada as leverage to wrangle a diplomatic deal or pull the trigger.

From Slate Mar. 4, 2026

As diplomats wrangle for a breakthrough in what has been Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, Russia has continued to press forward with its assault, bombarding Ukraine daily.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

Only Bram could wrangle a giant puffed-up marshmallow so neatly.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

Shein’s valuation has declined sharply since hitting $100 billion in 2022, as it wrangles with increasing competition from rivals such as Temu and persistent uncertainty from escalating trade restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

The group’s motto says it all: “As the cowboy wrangles cattle, we wrangle consciousness.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2025

Lewis Hamilton says there is "no transparency and no accountability" in Formula 1 as the sport continues to be rocked by off-track wrangles.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2024

Somehow he wrangles a group of five surly boys until one of their rich fathers comes through and whisks away four.

From Salon Feb. 16, 2024

Frau Büchner wrangles impossible harmonies from our voices.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Yet as I wrangled them into my closet, something kept nagging at me like a pebble in an insole: Bernie Sanders’ eye-rolling dismissal outside the Senate elevator.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

Tehran and Washington have wrangled for years over influence in Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

This was filmed at the nearby Minsthorpe Community College secondary school, with 350 students wrangled from room to room during summer vacation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2025

"I explained I'd been up since 04:30, had two hours' sleep, and wrangled four kids through the airport. I've got bags under my eyes and I'm dealing with anxiety," he said on social media.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2025

Jessie announced to Isa, Oliver, and Hyacinth as she wrangled Laney into her puffy purple jacket and sparkly winter boots.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

The agreement between Britain and the European Union to remove the border controls was signed on Tuesday in Brussels after years of wrangling following the UK's exit from the bloc in 2020.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

It has been delayed by wrangling over how the duty applies to the intelligence services, with ministers recently breaking the deadlock with further amendments.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

We’re wrangling a lot of very needy creative egos.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Last month the Commerce Department blocked Anthropic from selling its state-of-the-art models abroad owing to national security concerns and it took weeks of wrangling to resolve this impasse.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

They spent the next few months grilling economists, sociologists, and marketing experts, wrangling data.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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