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> ひとまず心を落ち着けようと、飲みかけのオレンジジュースに手を伸ばす。

Please help. I came across this line and I don't really understand use of と
here. How exactly does と work here?
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grammar particles particle-と
Volitional + と in ひとまず心を落ち着けようと、[...]
You may be reading too much into this; It is pretty simple.

Verb A + ようと + Verb B = "do B" so as to / in order to / for the purpose of "do
A".

A is your goal / purpose. B is the method you are taking to achieve A.

ひとまず心を落ち着けようと、飲みかけのオレンジジュースに手を伸ばす。 means:

"I extend my arm to the unfinished (glass of) orange juice so as to relax
myself for now."
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