MANEUVERING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

maneuvering

verb

present participle of maneuver

as in handling

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently maneuvered the conversation so as to avoid the touchy subject of her divorce

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as in negotiating

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care successfully maneuvered a way to get him to ask her to the dance

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Recent Examples of maneuvering Still, the court signaled that public relations maneuvering by Baldoni’s camp in the wake of the allegations could be problematic. —

Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026 Archie follows his father's lead in maneuvering back and forth on the trail at a steady pace. —

Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026 Located under the crew module where the astronauts reside, the service module is responsible for propelling and maneuvering the vehicle through space and also provides power generated from its solar arrays. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026 The docking procedure The mating started with the male octopus extending his hectocotylus through the barrier’s opening, maneuvering it toward the female, touching her skin first and then inserting the appendage deep within her mantle. —

Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026 This instability is highest during mode transitions, where airflow and combustion conditions can destabilize the system, especially during climbing or maneuvering flight. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026 On a Tuesday evening in the Kohler Spa at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Chicago, a group of around 20 or so people were maneuvering their bodies onto oversized floating beds. —

Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 But when some sly maneuvering on his part gets his photo and name in the tabloids as a Bond frontrunner, the chaos that follows takes over the days leading up to Eid — the most important holiday of the year for his British Pakistani family. —

Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026 But another big question is how, exactly, people got to the Americas from Asia, maneuvering south of two massive ice sheets covering Canada. —

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026

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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Gas prices crossed an average of $4 a gallon nationally this week and just 24% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling that issue, a new CNN/SSRS poll released March 31 found.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026