: a sport or contest in which two unarmed individuals struggle hand to hand with each attempting to subdue or unbalance the other
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My favorite sport is wrestling.
He was on the wrestling team in high school.
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This year’s pro wrestling event features five matchups — including four title bouts for the world heavyweight championship, women’s tag team championship and women’s championship triple threat — on Saturday, May 4.
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Rudie Obias, Variety, 4 May 2024
The four-sport high school athlete celebrated his wrestling team’s senior night with his parents, went to prom in a suit with an aqua bow tie and cowboy hat and started thinking about his future.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
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Rudie Obias, Variety, 4 May 2024
The four-sport high school athlete celebrated his wrestling team’s senior night with his parents, went to prom in a suit with an aqua bow tie and cowboy hat and started thinking about his future.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrestling. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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wrestling
noun
wres·tling
ˈres-liŋ 
: the sport in which two contestants wrestle each other
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