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wriggle

[rig-uhl] / ˈrɪg əl /


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She expressed a desire for more wriggle room in the spreadsheets against her self-imposed fiscal rules – so-called "headroom".

From BBC • Dec. 1, 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

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

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025

For decades, he tried to wriggle out of that typecasting to play kooks and himbos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Might it not be that in the dark pools of some men the evil grows strong enough to wriggle over the fence and swim free?

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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