Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

WRANGLING

DEFINITION:
Moving a person or thing somewhere, usually with difficulty or using force.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The location in Alexandria, Louisiana, would remove logistical headaches caused by wrangling children from foster homes and shelters across the country and not having anywhere to put them during final preparations for flight.
►The Boston Herald, 07/13/2026

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5 Elementary Words

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Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!

1. construct

► To build or form something by assembling parts.

► The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it

► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

2. observe

► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

► Of a central nature, first and foremost

► To stick out

► A measurement one can compare to.

3. abolish

► To stick out

► A measurement one can compare to.

► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen

► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)

4. cunning

► One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

► A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

► The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

5. contortion

► Dark, faint or indistinct.

► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

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Common Core State Standard
LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.