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  • verb US Present participle of maneuver.
  • noun US An act in which something or someone maneuvers

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Examples

  • Allies of Mr. Pawlenty concede the governor presided over a lot of short-term maneuvering, but said they were warranted due to the recession and depressed tax receipts.

    Projected State Deficit Shadows Pawlenty's Bid Jonathan Weisman 2011

  • He specialized in maneuvering around the 1929 Warsaw Convention, which limited the payout to airplane crash victims and families at $75,000.

    Stuart M. Speiser, attorney for Ralph Nader in GM lawsuit, dies at 87 T. Rees Shapiro 2010

  • The totally stupid part of all this political maneuvering is that if health care passes everyone in the world will still know specifically whose hands are dirty.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Balkin on the “Slaughter Solution” 2010

  • All this maneuvering is inside baseball, to surmount the 60 vote dohicky.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010

  • Allies of Mr. Pawlenty concede the governor presided over a lot of short-term maneuvering, but said they were warranted due to the recession and depressed tax receipts.

    Projected State Deficit Shadows Pawlenty's Bid Jonathan Weisman 2011

  • While the Administration was up to its ears in maneuvering to reschedule the date the Council had originally set for the meeting, it evidently was too busy to make sure its public relations apparatus bothered to tell the media of the changed date for the Mayor's important speech.

    If a tree falls in Plainfield, does the world know? Dan 2008

  • I suspect it will be years before all the maneuvering is done and the case is settled, because the defendants want to drag it out as long as possible, so they can continue to make money on activated carbon suits.

    Does scent eliminating clothing really work? 2006

  • Now we know: Coach K might never have been better than he was in maneuvering a team thinned by injury and lacking a true point guard to an ACC tournament championship, No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and the Blue Devils 'eighth consecutive berth in the Sweet 16.

    USATODAY.com - Much that seemed given taken away 2005

  • Lurking behind all the maneuvering is the memory of what happened to the nomination of federal appeals court Judge Robert Bork in 1987.

    Hearing But Not Speaking 2008

  • The maneuvering is the latest example of Sen. McCain's aggressive effort to separate himself from the White House, even as he embraces many of the policies that Mr. Bush has promoted throughout his presidency -- and even as he benefits from the money that the president remains adept at raising.

    McCain to Make a Rare Appearance With Bush 2008

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