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Example sentences for: tacking

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They were at least in part the reaction of a decent and thwarted person tacking out in search of love and eminence.
Earmarking, the process of tacking pork-heavy provisions to spending bills, is on the rise in Washington, according to the Post.
I see candidates--some, anyway--really trying to stake out new middle ground; you see tacking and opportunistic positioning.
True enough (I concede in advance), there aren't many pols out there who actually live up to this standard-but let's not give the vital center a bad name by pretending that it's no more than dishonest tacking.
It doesn't mean tacking and trying to have it both ways-as Hillary is indeed trying to do, and her husband has been doing for years now.