Maneuver in a sentence

A Chinese destroyer came close to the USS Decatur in late September in an “unsafe and unprofessional maneuver” near Gaven Reef in the South China Sea, forcing it to maneuver to prevent a collision, according to the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Midcourse maneuver The 7½ month flight of Mariner 4 involved one midcourse maneuver on December 5, 1964.

Aerocapture is an orbital transfer maneuver in which a spacecraft makes a single pass through a planetary atmosphere to decelerate and achieve orbit insertion.

After clearing about 264,000 cubic feet of hazardous material and debris, including more than two dozen burned vehicles, crews have begun to maneuver the enormous timber posts in place under the freeway.

After that, it became known as the Cobra Maneuver (or Pugachev's Cobra).

After Tyler is hit, Davit turns and grabs Tyler's midriff, with the camera focusing intently on this maneuver.

Aside from its ability to reach hypersonic speeds after its air launch, the Kinzhal is believed to behave like a ground-launched Iskander, meaning it is able to maneuver to make interception difficult.

As the Yankees maneuver ahead of the deadline, it is at least possible the 29-year-old will be trying to resurrect his value with another team.

China relies on imports of food and fuel to drive their economic engine, Grazier said, and they have little room to maneuver.

Democrats are still trying to maneuver around holds placed on more than 300 nominations by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville over the Pentagon’s abortion policy.

Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and rest of the neocon gang surrounding Bush the Elder managed to deftly pull a “bait and switch” maneuver of no mean extent.

Douglas Emmett’s position that this order “necessitates” eviction, and not temporary relocation for tenants, is a typical maneuver to raise rents by vacating rent-stabilized units.

Especially if that is your only child at the time, it's really weird seeing a family of three maneuver around big theme park crowds with a stroller, and a carrier, and a baby in hand.

Firefighters from Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA), Hawai’i County, and Volunteers, along with bulldozer operators and military helicopter crews continue to battle the Keamuku Maneuver Area (KMA) Complex fires, which were caused by lightning strikes Sunday.

Hezbollah fighters holding military maneuver in south Lebanon (May 21, 2023).

However, the male on the ATV disregarded the officer’s signal and instead accelerated at a high rate of speed, heading toward Coal St. In a reckless maneuver, the driver drove onto the sidewalk, narrowly avoiding collision with a pedestrian.

If Kılıçdaroğlu comes away with a clear margin of victory — 5 percent, say — Erdoğan won’t have a lot of room to maneuver.

If things look dire at any point, the House could resort to a rarely employed emergency maneuver: A "discharge petition" to bring a "clean" debt limit increase - with no budget provisions attached - to a vote.

In an only-in-New Jersey twist, the maneuver was possible without knowing who funded it until three weeks after the Nov. 7 election thanks to a new campaign finance law ironically called the Elections Transparency Act.

In Gramscian terminology, it was the second phase that a war of maneuver had characterized.