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Beautiful Boy Steve Carell proves his dramatic acting chops in this heartbreaking tale about a family grappling with their son's drug abuse.
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
The story centers on Haru, a cartoonist grappling with grief after losing their partner Mina in the Itaewon tragedy.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Anne criticized the length and agreed with Ryan’s review that the script is often muddled and incoherent despite a hefty performance from Julia Roberts as a philosophy professor grappling with her student’s (Ayo Edebiri) against a colleague, played by Andrew Garfield.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
After feedback from those in the game, including players, referees are expected to be stricter on holding or ‘grappling’ in the penalty area.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
The story centers on Haru, a cartoonist grappling with grief after losing their partner Mina in the Itaewon tragedy.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Anne criticized the length and agreed with Ryan’s review that the script is often muddled and incoherent despite a hefty performance from Julia Roberts as a philosophy professor grappling with her student’s (Ayo Edebiri) against a colleague, played by Andrew Garfield.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
After feedback from those in the game, including players, referees are expected to be stricter on holding or ‘grappling’ in the penalty area.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grappling
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“Grappling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grappling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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