wriggle
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"I was holding onto his ankle, making sure that he couldn't move his leg, his left leg," Isaac explained, adding that this was so he couldn't "wriggle away".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
The rules allowed some wriggle room for Japan to ship weapons and components to key partners under joint-development programs deemed critical to Japan’s security, such as ballistic missile defense systems developed with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Matthew Umhofer, an attorney representing the Alliance, said the city paid big money to Gibson Dunn in a failed attempt to wriggle out of its legal obligations.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
In every instance, Hank and Peggy, but mainly Hank, wriggle in their discomfort before settling into a kind of peace with whatever occurs.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025
They knew just what to do, and they ran full tilt to help this troika of newcomers wriggle free.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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