as in fighting
to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery
the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie
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Recent Examples of wrestling
The film follows an orphaned girl at the bottom of a patriarchal society who works her way toward power while wrestling with family trauma and questions of identity.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 June 2026
Nothing ruins the start of a weekend away faster than wrestling with an overstuffed bag.
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Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2026
Instead of wrestling with fragmented software setups, companies can now deploy these tools seamlessly across voice, chat, email and SMS channels.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
Park staff and local stakeholders are wrestling with what comes next.
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Kevin Strong,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for wrestling
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 June 2026
Nothing ruins the start of a weekend away faster than wrestling with an overstuffed bag.
—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2026
Instead of wrestling with fragmented software setups, companies can now deploy these tools seamlessly across voice, chat, email and SMS channels.
—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
Park staff and local stakeholders are wrestling with what comes next.
—
Kevin Strong,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for wrestling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrestling
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Then some classic fighting soldiers — not American Revolution battles but intergalactic — come blended into the metal music gyrations of the helmet-wearing band Galactic Empire.
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As with fighting the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, the urgency of the problem will likely only sink in when the need arises.
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Much of the West is grappling with similar conditions, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
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Nearly two weeks after the Pride night controversy erupted after four pitchers wrote Bible verses on their rainbow hats, the team is still grappling with the fallout.
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And in an age of boorish, brawling Little League Parents®, perhaps there’s a lesson to be learned from our new friends in the horn hats.
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In five years, Keanu Reaves will be brawling like this.
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The sheriff's office released body camera footage showing a 30-second clip of Rivas tussling with the alligator.
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Two boys tussling over a bladder in a three-foot-high canvas painted by Joseph Wright of Derby in the late 1760s snarl up in a whirlpool of pain, each twisting the other’s right ear.
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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestling. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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