a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
a town in NE Illinois.
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When the convention was first announced, it sounded like it might be a thrilling opportunity to see real wheeling and dealing on a convention floor from which a nominee would eventually emerge.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
On a recent afternoon, volunteers bustled around the museum wheeling carts of jaws and vertebrae carefully organized by species.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Because of their wheeling and dealing, they also have three first-round picks next year when the class of passers is projected to be much deeper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Investment banking - the wheeling and dealing side of the financial industry, which looks after mergers, acquisitions and stock market launches - is also notorious for long hours.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
In the blue-gray sky he could see their dusky shapes wheeling lower and lower, and he quickened his retreat.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
The Army Corps of Engineers carried it onward to Wheeling on the Ohio River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Her spirit is optimistic though, and she often comes back to a memory of first encountering “the friendly city” motto of Wheeling on a welcome sign.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
This is located on the Ohio River, about 10 miles south of Wheeling.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
Team member Butts, an undergraduate from Wheeling, led experiments in contact angle testing to analyze how changes in temperature affected the foam's surface energy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023
By the end of the month, half the steel industry, including almost all the mills in Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; Lackawanna, New York; and Youngstown, Ohio, had shut down.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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