anglings

plural of angling
as in tilts
the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle his angling of the picture made everything else on the wall look crooked

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Noun
  • Sanders’ record over his last 16 tilts against Power 4 foes is … 3-13.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Rybakina and Sabalenka know each other’s games well, having previously met 17 times on the WTA Tour, with Rybakina winning the last two tilts – earning the Australian Open and WTA Finals titles.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Here’s a quick primer on the leading agents and tips for how to start.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Police officials credited community cooperation for accelerating the case, citing a substantial influx of tips and public digital evidence submitted in the hours following the gunfire.
    — Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Other states regularly collect lists of people who showed noncitizen forms of documentation at the DMV and compare those names to ones on the voter roll to flag potential noncitizen voters.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Right next to the lobby, with its own entrance from the street, Fismuler is Nino Redruello’s restaurant that has jumped to the top of many must-dine lists.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • When the drone flies near an object and a whisker grazes or bends against a surface, the pressure changes at the base are measured in under two milliseconds, enabling the drone to calculate contact location and depth with millimeter precision.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Ideal for those who don’t want earbuds sitting in their ear canals all day, the AeroClip is a flexible, comfortable earbud that can endure 20,000 bends and still deliver high-res bass.
    — Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Anglings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anglings. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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