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35 examples of Wrangling in a sentence

It's actually quite sporty to give a speech while wrangling a tarantula, I have to say.
It could have easily been more of a musical and easily have tossed in more episodes of Johnny Twennies wrangling modern mannerisms.
It is too early to praise the deal as an historic achievement, but it is also far too soon to peg it as a failure, or to suggest that better negotiators somehow could have done a better job of wrangling concessions from their Iranian counterparts.
European Diplomacy’s First TestBRUSSELS – It took eight years of ill-tempered political wrangling to create the European Union’s new diplomatic service, but its fate – and that of its chief, Catherine Ashton – may well be decided over the next few weeks.
Proceedings are hamstrung by jurisdictional wrangling, and technical testimony often exceeds judges’ expertise.
The insurgents continue their efforts to undermine the peace process, and political wrangling and discord threaten to paralyze the fragile institutions of governance.
As for corporate bankruptcy, it is recognized that a poor legal system is one that keeps otherwise viable factories shuttered while assets are frittered away in expensive legal wrangling, leaving everyone – managers, workers, and shareholders – worse off.
Representatives from 191 countries convened in Montreal this week for the 39th Session of the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization; after decades of wrangling, they have agreed to an aviation-specific climate agreement.
In Praise of Debt CeilingsMUNICH – The wrangling about raising the US government’s borrowing limit – now thankfully over, at least for a few months – underscores the hazards posed by excessive state indebtedness.
So it has been with Australia’s belated embrace this month, after years of political wrangling, of a new “hard-headed but not hard-hearted” approach to handling seaborne asylum seekers.
The Endgame in GreecePARIS – After months of wrangling, the showdown between Greece and its European creditors has come down to a standoff over pensions and taxes.
But it seems increasingly clear that after nearly three decades of legal wrangling, consumers and financial institutions have agreed that a negotiated approach is the only way forward.
The danger in Japan’s game of prime-ministerial musical chairs is that this political wrangling diverts attention from the serious problems facing today’s Asia.
Unlike Europe, beset by a sovereign-debt crisis, and the United States, whose leaders are wrangling over how to stem the deficit, Russia may look like an oasis of stability and continuity.
Japan called for UN Security Council sanctions, and after ten days of wrangling, all five permanent members agreed on a resolution condemning North Korea’s actions.
Moreover, in the wrangling over the UN resolution, China threatened a veto if there were any references to Chapter VII of the Charter, which allows enforcement.
Unfortunately, political wrangling over issues of Internet governance and cybersecurity have dominated the preparations for the meeting, and there has been little discussion of the revolutionary possibilities that an open, dynamic, and free Internet can provide.
Firms will be more focused on wrangling the best financial incentives than on investing in areas with the highest potential productivity gains, and economic dynamism will suffer as a result.
This wrangling is likely to take weeks, but is unlikely to come to blows or to reach a complete impasse.
That is why decisions about the health and safety of new crop varieties should be based on scientific evidence, not driven by political wrangling and baseless “moral” arguments.
Seven months after Iraq’s national elections, the United States has publicly denied taking sides in the wrangling over who will be prime minister.
In desiring EU membership these countries open themselves to prolonged diplomatic wrangling in which their inherited environmental sins are likely to provide EU negotiators with a multi-purpose hammer.
It brings closure to an important US Justice Department lawsuit, filed in 1999 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and then left partly unresolved, until October 2017, during a decade of appeals and legal wrangling following the 2006 decision.
And, although the US has managed to reach a bipartisan agreement on the budget, political wrangling over the debt ceiling and other fiscal issues may continue to plague policymaking.
After five months of political wrangling, the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union – together with the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union – have formed a government coalition.
For example, it is vitally important that policymakers follow through on the recent budget agreement and end the political wrangling over the country’s fiscal future.
And the wrangling in the run-up to and in Brussels itself surely did not contribute to the EU’s popularity among its citizens.
Today, Europe’s national wrangling during the eurozone crisis is echoed in the discordant negotiations over sanctions on Russia.
So, after all the celebrations of European enlargement, we are left with a predictable set of problems: a "union" of countries with very different views on everything (from foreign policy to labor market policies) and different economic interests; widespread disillusionment among voters in the new member states; a constitutional process whose future is uncertain; and all the usual political wrangling in Brussels between countries seeking to get as much power as possible.
After weeks of wrangling, Cyprus finally relented.