Definition of grappling
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And in this week's issue of her newsletter, Lenny Letter, the Girls creator and star reveals the latest health issue that has her grappling with a familiar insecurity: uneven skin.
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After a half-minute of grappling, Howard was finally able to pry his hand free and speed away.
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And where better to publish his mercurial grapplings than Twitter?
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Taught by Joel Francis, a two-decade veteran of the New York Police Department, the class involved no physical grappling.
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In stage two, the grappling hook is used once again to retrieve a bag with a handle in it.
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Tilt the device to make your on-screen bot move in that direction, and touch the screen to initiate an electrical grappling hook to interact with your environment.
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