grapple (with)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The award goes to a film which seeks to address a near absence in Spanish cinema, movies entering characters of multi-cultural origins.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Indiana’s lieutenant governor repeatedly addressed redistricting, immigration and education funding during a packed town hall session in Merrillville.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Teams handle data all the time—but in many companies, the steps teams must take to stay compliant aren’t built into daily work.
    Jodi Daniels, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Fandango is handling international sales and Italian distribution.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gerrymandering is when politicians manipulate district lines, dividing or grouping populations, to get an advantage.
    Larry Kaplow, NPR, 18 Aug. 2025
  • This included reporting that the company manipulated vote counts, is owned by a company founded in Venezuela to rig elections for Hugo Chavez, is paid kickbacks to government officials who used its machines in swing states and was involved in voting irregularities in Texas in 2018.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Uber's operational model prioritizes rapid market entry with standardized processes that can be quickly deployed across new cities, often learning and adapting on the fly while managing the complexity of hundreds of simultaneous markets.
    Tima Bansal, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The only movie that manages to link punk legends the Ramones with Vince Lombardi (the high school’s other name) is showing at 7 p.m. Aug. 14.
    Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The driver, who was on parole at the time of the incident, was arrested and taken to a hospital to be treated, Ernst said.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • All this activity is dramatically shifting the focus of Lloyd Webber’s company, treating the legendary composer and his work as a brand like Star Wars, Marvel, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Her love for journalism began with taking freelance sports photos for her local newspaper, The Fulton Sun, during high school, and her involvement with multiple school publications.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
  • But behind the brand deals, designer outfits and elaborate costumes, the process was taking a toll.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Until a decade ago, every La Liga club negotiated its own TV agreement, leading to enormous revenue disparities.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Another few weeks of Russian infantry assaults could achieve that goal, allowing Putin to negotiate with the U.S. and Ukraine from a position of greater advantage.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Grapple (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grapple%20%28with%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.

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