wangled

verb

past tense of wangle
as in negotiated
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care wangled a way to get free tickets to the show

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Recent Examples of wangled The micro-budget indie (Sundance 2025) about a farm community recovering from wildfires had wangled a permit to shoot during the Actors Strike. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wangled
  1. negotiated
  2. arranged
  3. engineered
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  • Pascal Lamy negotiated China’s accession to the WTO in 2001 on behalf of the EU.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiated
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  • For travelers arriving independently, the lodge's location near the park entrance is a major convenience, though transportation and activities will have to be arranged separately.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Lawyers in Russia eventually located him and arranged for legal visits, money for food and basic necessities, and the brief phone call with his son.
    — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • The urban middle classes are in despair because the bursting of a real estate bubble — deliberately engineered by Xi — has evaporated the value of their main asset.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each vessel is engineered to deploy up to 600 megawatts of electricity.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of engineered

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“Wangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wangled. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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