wriggle

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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

An unholy specimen, a building creature that is sufficiently weird, necessary, and profitable to wriggle to life in the city’s stifling landscape of land-use regulations: the double duplex.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2025

Moving on to sleep - the NHS recommends seven to nine hours a night for the average adult, and there's not much wriggle room to be had there.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Until we wriggle free, all we can do is document.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025

And at dinner each night, Adria would wriggle her way out of her high chair, toddle over to Grandma, climb into her lap, and finish her plate there.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles