Example Sentences

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Two years before, Caligiuri had wangled an invitation to an exclusive party thrown for George Michael in the Hollywood hills.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

When he was sixteen, he had wangled a pass to the studio, through a family friend.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

Mr. Brandel had wangled a Costa Rican passport.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2016

Even as a student he had wangled a job working in Washington for one most influential senators to have come from the state, the Republican minority leader Everett Dirksen.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2014

But the long wait was quickly forgotten anyway, when Prosper pulled the money from his jacket that he had wangled out of the redbeard.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke