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Yet even though our two countries are inextricably bound together, and despite the existential nature of Canada’s reliance on the U.S. market, we have maneuvered ourselves into a self-defeating elbows-up mentality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He is a prominent figure among loyalists and veterans of Bashir’s Islamist rule who have maneuvered to protect their interests and regained some leverage after a 2021 coup by the army and the RSF.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2023

For example, SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have maneuvered over a thousand times to get out of the way of debris created by Russia’s intentional destruction of one of its own satellites in November 2021.

From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2023

Over the course of the war, Mr. Prigozhin and the generals have maneuvered bureaucratically and on the battlefield to gain the upper hand in directing the war and to win Mr. Putin’s confidence.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

He appears to have maneuvered so as to secure the advantage of light, wind and sea.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew