remaneuver

— Timothy belatedly thought to ask, for no reason at all that he could think of, asked of no one in particular, as if he had been delayed, his life delayed by multiplying introductions to life, but Philly Morris and Gloria Dehaven had abruptly turned their considerable backs, pretending, as a sudden, surprising remaneuver, perhaps, to ignore Timothy, to leave him awash in introductions, thereby foreclosing any introduction at all to the people of Anybodys.

— Maude Purvis was the granddaughter of an American Southern gentleman, Robert Louis Earle Purvis, who somehow mismaneuvered himself into association with the Yankees during the Civil War and quickly thereafter remaneuvered himself to distant Batavia where he found a happy and prosperous haven .