Manoeuvred

It was hardly material to be "manoeuvred" into anything! ❋ Unknown (1930)

The Boers, however, took every precaution against such an eventuality; and the result was generally, as stated by the German critics, that the Boers were "manoeuvred" out of their positions. ❋ Unknown (1898)

This he manoeuvred to bring into contact with the LEGO piece, which stuck to it and was returned to a joyful Henry. ❋ Patrick Cockburn (2011)

Following the voice's directions, we manoeuvred our way out of the cul de sac, found the shop, bought potatoes, apples and cider, and resumed our quest for a particular manor house. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The man helped Malik out of the car and manoeuvred him into the chair, nodding as Malik pointed at his right arm to indicate that it could not be touched. ❋ Colm Tóibín (2011)

He remembered the enlargement of the town water-system — how he had manoeuvred and financed, persuaded small loans at ruinous interest, and laid pipe and made joints by lantern light while the workmen slept, and then been up ahead of them to outline and direct and rack his brains over the raising of the next week-end wages. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was a bump in Mum's tummy, but my two older sisters were there when you were manoeuvred into place. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He has manoeuvred himself into the sweet spot where wannabe collectors, no matter how dumb (indeed, the dumber the better), feel somehow ignorable without a Hirst or two. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She had been out-manoeuvred and out-run, to say nothing of her having been unceremoniously tumbled in the gravel, and her arrival was like that of a tornado — made up of offended dignity, justifiable wrath, and instinctive hatred for this marauder from the Wild. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Moorstone – surface boulders and rocky outcrops – shows signs of past workings when lumps were split off and shaped with chisels and wedges, laboriously manoeuvred and dragged downhill for use in buildings, for boundary stones, gateposts and troughs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Also, as the second mate manoeuvred to port on top of Number Three hatch for his last shot, I know that I saw Mr. Pike duck around the corner of the chart-house to starboard and get away aft and below by way of the booby-hatch. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One of the reasons that Sevilla and Villarreal have been so outspoken about the new plan is not so much that they see Madrid and Barcelona get further away but that they have been manoeuvred into fifth and sixth place rather than the third and fourth to which they aspired. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Most impressively, she manoeuvred the baby and the pram around effortlessly, as though they were merely fashion accessories. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

In the ballet's most chilling sequence we see her manoeuvred into GM's embrace with incestuous lubriciousness by her brother. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They manoeuvred against the NHS until Nye Bevan "stuffed their mouths with gold", and doctors should not be mistaken for disinterested observers of the service. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Had the Bulgarian fans found it in their hearts to appreciate England's work they might have been impressed in particular by the interchanging of Walcott, Young and Stewart Downing as they manoeuvred in support of Rooney. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A fifth MP mentioned, Terry Fields, was manoeuvred out by other means in the 1990s, as the story said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He could [imagine] [the way] the words would manoeuvre her [tongue] before escaping her mouth. ❋ Chan007 (2019)

Dude, she [totally] [pulled] the tokyo manoeuvre [on me] last night. ❋ Takosan (2019)

1. Lads, we need to get across this relatively open ground, we shall therefore [pepperpot manoeuvre] it across! 2. Ed: [Bloody hell], my birds arse is as slack as the Channel Tunnel Dave: Better perform the [Pepperpot Manoeuvre] then [matey]... ❋ Shriven (2007)

-Hey Maria, why aren’t you and Johnny close anymore? -I’m giving him [the silence] treatment since he pulled out that Mikołaj manoeuvre at my birthday party. -Omg! [Poor girl]! That’s some [ducked up] shit. ❋ NeedlessSage (2021)

I just [bush] manoeuvred this unkyjay [the other day] [lad] ❋ Hoodouss (2021)

You'll never guess what I just [walked in on]... [Richard] performing the Hymenlick manoeuvre on that Australian girl!!! [Graphic]! ❋ Joeeo (2010)

I can't believe it! [Igor] performed the [Crosling Manoeuvre] successfully on me again. Surely [I won't] fall for it next time. ❋ Prageeth (2017)

"Have you seen [Ron's] black eye? He tried [the Oval] Manoeuvre on a bird at the bar last night and she nearly knocked him out!" "Did you hear about Dave's new bird? He walked up to this total [hardbody] at the bar and pulled the Oval Manoeuvre. She loved it and couldn't get him home fast enough!" ❋ Frandroid (2009)

When someone who has a joint is asked what they are doing, they reply "the [jenson] jenson [Manoeuvre] !" In a funny tone, enversise the word jenson Manoeuvre , it is all in presonal [preference] to make it your very own jenson Manoeuvre ! ❋ Rafe & Beano (2003)

"[Did you] see that? We Just got [the CB manoeuvre]" or 'CB'ed' for [short]. ❋ King K (2013)