Turned out the guy had a tangential connection to the Brotherhood.

Another of the sci-fi contenders has only a tangential connection to a great producer.

Given such tangential connections to the practice of law, Mr. Hoffman did reveal an affinity for self-promotion.

Businesses with only tangential connection to Fowler publicly disclaimed any association with him due to the negative publicity.

Then you have a tangential connection to number twelve, this week's victim, based on the pimp recognizing the customer's voice.

By Thursday, just about every major agency with even a tangential connection to security or health care in New York was represented.

It has a tangential connection to the lives of the four friends, whose interplay is the film's true center.

Perhaps it is intuition only, or perhaps there is some tangential connection with the plasm that still warms her blood.

Both films were written and directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette and have only a tangential connection to the original short story:

It is manifested in patterns of speech, where categories and lists become overly broad as concepts unrelated at first glance become related through tangential connections.