Manoeuvred

But the feeling of being so helpless when you know it is going to happen again and again, and that you are going to get manoeuvred or manipulated out of work, or crushed and not even get the opportunity to prove yourself, that is very frustrating.

As she pulled the covers back and carefully manoeuvred her feet to the floor, she heard it again: the very highest notes of a piano, tinkling like water.

Just six minutes into the game, Susie collected the ball from deep in defence to make a lovely long pass up the pitch to Lorraine, who skilfully manoeuvred around Troon’s forceful sweeper and fired the ball into the back of the goal.

Separately, the administration manoeuvred to ensure that the Postal Service got no direct assistance in the $2 trillion coronavirus aid package.

For decades, Uighur intellectuals manoeuvred carefully, working to advance their culture while avoiding being tarred as separatists or extremists.

Manchester Evening News reported the pilot of the Emirates plane manoeuvred the aircraft carefully and managed to make a safe touch down on the tarmac, according to Mirror.

The seat is manoeuvred via touch-screen buttons (pictured).

As Owen Farrell, who had kicked a drop goal early in the first half, manoeuvred himself into position for another attempt, his team looked to attack down the right rather than stay narrow.

A well-drilled corps of gunmen or grenadiers, or a battery of artillery operated by European mercenaries for example, might have provided much needed covering fire as the regiments manoeuvred into position.

Codron had manoeuvred Orton into meeting his colleague Kenneth Williams in August 1964.

Hedgehog allowed the attacking ship to change course and maintain contact as the target manoeuvred, as well as allowing a normal depth charge attack.

His crew hoisted the sails and the Adventure manoeuvred to point her starboard guns toward Maynard's sloops, which were slowly closing the gap.

In late 1944 Philby, on instructions from his KGB handler, manoeuvred successfully to replace Cowgill as head of Section.

In this way, Quisling was manoeuvred out of power by Bräuer and a coalition of his former allies, including Hjort, who now saw him as a liability.

The other is to provide the last 10 minutes or so of propulsion when the boat is in port and needs to be manoeuvred into a tight berth in a crowded and confined marina or harbour.

Under Murray's command they successfully manoeuvred past government armies to reach Derby on 4 December, only 125 miles (200 km) from a panicking London, with a resentful Charles barely on speaking terms with his general.

Viking longships were swift and easily manoeuvred; they could navigate deep seas or shallow rivers, and could carry warriors that could be rapidly deployed directly onto land due to the longships being able to land directly.