triangulate

IPA: traɪæŋgjuɫeɪt

to locate by means of triangulation
to pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both ends against the middle"

Examples of "triangulate" in Sentences

He did not "triangulate" until after the 1994 midterms.
In her obsession to "triangulate" she is taking progressives for granted.
Conservative -- Democrats provide an opening for Senate Republicans to team up and 'triangulate' with Republicans against progressives in Congress.
Conservative -- Democrats provide an opening for Senate Republicans to team up and "triangulate" with Republicans against progressives in Congress. '
Even though I think Obama is making mistakes it would be worse if Clinton was our nominee and she would be a bad VP choice because she would 'triangulate' even more.
We haven't had a national liberal leader since then -- President Clinton had to 'triangulate' and incorporate major conservative principles to eek out his plurality.
He'll be tempted to "triangulate" as Clinton did in the 1990s and with the same results: weakening the Democratic Party coalition that brought him to power by demoralizing its base.
To triangulate or not to triangulate, that is the White House's question, report Laura Meckler and Peter Wallsten: Strategists in both parties see two options for President Barack Obama.
Derek Burney stated, "Attempts to 'triangulate' in recent years, by bringing in Mexico, have produced little of substance and allowed attention to be diverted from more pressing bilateral concerns."