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His reputation as a cunning thorn-in-the-side of Spain has grown as he has wiggled out of one tight squeeze after another following extradition arrests in Germany and Sardinia.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

The deal has wiggled well below its original $60 price a few times before, but it hasn’t gone below about $35.

From The Verge • Nov. 22, 2021

She has wiggled into a hot-dog suit and joined the Lips onstage for a show.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 1, 2015

His head is tilted back, his eyes closed and the microphone that was fitted to his left ear has wiggled loose and dangles down his back.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2011

Since that. he has wiggled himself in with the Pelhams, by being the warmest friend and servant of their new allies, and is the first favourite of the little Duke of Bedford.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter