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In the days just before World War I, the pair wangles an invitation to a stately castle, hoping to vindicate a cook suspected in the death of an earlier guest there.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2017

He abandons an academia-bound path, and, despite his “father’s odor among the old guard,” wangles a job offer from a shadowy HQ-linked businessman.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2015

When Scotty wangles an audience with the all-powerful Bennie in Bennie’s New York office, he arrives armed with a fish that he caught in the East River.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2010

Tartuffe in Tartuffe by Molière Probably the most famous hypocrite in literature, Tartuffe is an impoverished conman who wangles his way into the home of the well-to-do Orgon.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2010

He was always finding out little wangles that he wasn't supposed to see.

From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Jenkins, Herbert George