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wriggle

[rig-uhl] / ˈrɪg əl /


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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

The Premier League has added some wriggle room, too, with a multi-year rolling allowance of 30% that permits clubs to spend beyond the limit.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 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

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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