Triangulating

Adding a new entitlement might be good politics in triangulating against the Democrats, but this is nothing but an expensive entitlement that will snowball. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It will quiet all the talk about Obama's supposed "triangulating," because it demonstrates -- for the time being, anyway -- that even as the White House sees a need to trade away some core liberal priorities to compromise with Repubilcans, Obama seems to want to bring the left along with him, to whatever degree he can. ❋ Greg Sargent (2010)

"You might call it, if you went back to the Clinton era, a kind of triangulating where the president is now floating somewhere between the Republican Party and his congressional Democrats, and it is a difficult strategy to pull off but if he can do it, it is a smart one," said Fortier. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It would take a new breed of "triangulating" technocrat Democrats to really dismantle the carefully built net designed, after the last Great Depression, to restrain Wall Street from its pattern of periodic self-immolations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think the conversation about Barack Obama "triangulating" is largely coming up now because it fits a familiar narrative -- an embattled Democratic president facing a confident Republican majority and a disappointed base. ❋ Adam Serwer (2010)

I wonder about all this hostility toward "triangulating," which is just another way of describing "compromise." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many criticize the Clintons for "triangulating", but what's the different between that and Obama? ❋ Unknown (2009)

His most memorable innovation was "triangulating" between his own party and the right, his most famous speech declared and end to "the era of big government," his most consequential policy move was to cement the consensus on deregulation and free trade, and many of his boldest stands were taken against his own party. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But they weren't "triangulating" unless you're just choosing try to win the argument by declaring that the word means whatever you want it to mean. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The trashed her as a 'triangulating' 'narcissist' who would do and say anything to get elected. ❋ Unknown (2009)

W. Bush, Karl Rove, and the rest of their ilk gained and held power for eight -- long -- years precisely because of their uncompromising stands -- in stark contrast to the "triangulating" Clinton -- and, thus, pulled the Center to the Right (which means we have to pull the Center to the Left just to get it to where the "Center" used to be)? ❋ Unknown (2009)

I still think Obama lost his rhythym when he started 'triangulating' by caving on telecom immunity and bashing moveon. org for the Patreus add 10 months later. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bringing Iran into the mix and "triangulating" against Afghanistan's militants could have taken some of the pressure off Pakistan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama is basically running on Clinton's '92 them of triangulation but he's not considered calculating nor gets dinged and hated for "triangulating". ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm pretty sure every candidate is "triangulating" in some way or another. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'd say he is, in fact, "triangulating" though perhaps in a triangulation that you agree with. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Tom Sanders (played by Michael Douglas in the 1994 film, Disclosure) is a manager at tech company, [Digicom]. He is told by ambitious executive Meredith Johnson (played by Demi Moore) that the drives they are working on are failing at an unacceptable rate due to Tom’s negligence (in [software design]). Only by triangulating on Meredith (by checking with two independent sources) does Tom discover the truth and save his career—that Meredith had authorized a cheaper solution (they are using a lower level [clean room]) which is actually causing tiny specs of dirt to foul operation of their new drives.” ❋ Prof Bruce (2010)

(Tri-ang-gyoo-lisum) Peace is at hand. [Rejoice], for [the Triangle] [hath] defeated the circle and it's ally, copper. See also... Mextazectaces ❋ Mextazectaces-prophet (2005)

I [triangulated] its [position]. ❋ Engineerd (2019)

i have [triangulated] my [three]... ❋ Lol YrX (2014)

1. "Hey man, you need to use my [triangulator] for [that math] stuff." - Kid in Math 2. "Quickly, [Triangulator], [TRIANGULATE] WITH ME, NOW!" - Captain Triangle ❋ Mothball (2005)

So you didn't [have sex] [with him], but did you [partake] in triangulation? ❋ Mynameispete (2006)

if a bench, a [wastebasket] and a telephone are placed with no connection to each other, each may receive a very limited use, but when they are arranged together ie{ [triangulated] }along with other amenities such as a [coffee cart], they will naturally bring people together. ❋ Chenthurraaghav (2013)

Ted: [Tonia]’s mother gossips about her to Tonia’s boyfriend. Tonia’s mother got her sexual predator, IT husband to break into Tonia’s phone to read her text messages. Tonia’s mother threw a temper tantrum, like a 3 year old, & [blackened] her own eye. Sherman: Uh oh. Sounds like Tonia’s mother is trying to [triangulate] her, again. I really hope she survives. ❋ Cosmicshiva (2019)

[Ms. Smith] [told] [us] to triangulate. ❋ Joeshmoe275 (2015)

3 [beer pong] cups into a [triangular] [formation] ❋ John Smith (2005)