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But online dating websites are not the only players angling for a piece of this booming business.

Meese said he was probably angling for a snack. But she had things to do.

He is reportedly angling for a seat on the GM board for one of his own lieutenants, Jerry York, a former Chrysler executive.

We did not take his expression of interest in our ideas too seriously, for we suspected he was merely angling for votes.

Thursday's crowd consisted of a horde of gray-haired, suit-clad buyers and exhibitors angling for a glimpse of the celeb.

Angling for compliments is one of his weaknesses.

Chow Yun Fat is angling for Hollywood stardom; this time next year he could be in any of three hefty action films.

Smaller businesses and individual developers are also angling for a slice of the smart phone pie .

In a short time it has become a popular adviser to tech firms angling for the best offer.

With pretty much everyone in the world's No. 2 economy angling for a better shot at prosperity, China is now in a bunny-buying frenzy.

I am flat-footed when someone comes right at me, angling for a fight.

On a beach behind a small eddy, a fisherman angling for carp and bass caught a foot-long specimen and reeled it in for lunch.

He was said to be angling for the prime minister's job under a new Putin presidency.

Although I'm still angling for the Year of Giving My Wife Foot Massages as a follow-up.

In a book he wrote in 2000 while angling for the Reform Party nomination, he praised Canada's single-payer health-care system.

Others with close ties to the regime who have developed reputations outside the country and have since defected are now angling for a role.

Today, they're angling for a one-microsecond edge.

They spent reflective moments on the banks of streams, angling for tasty trout.

Wintour flatly denies she's angling for some kind of government job.

We didn't take his expression of interest in our ideas too seriously, for we suspected that he was merely angling for praise.

A premature public announcement might surprise other executives who are angling for the job and could trigger departures.

angling for fish isn't fun at all.

The result is not angling for big fish to pull off, that is, hook has been straightened, and either the big fish's mouth was torn apart.

49 percent of Law Enforcement Officers report they'd suffer fewer headaches on the job if citizens would stop angling for sympathy.

Look, he is busy angling for fish.

And this is something the service has been angling for.

Surely China is angling for much bigger fish than that.