grappling (with)

present participle of grapple (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grappling (with)
Verb
  • For good measure, Burroughs also engaged with Barrett’s explanation that addressing both backward- and forward-looking claims would have required two separate court orders.
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Law enforcement officials are addressing mounting concerns after a series of troubling cases involving criminals impersonating police officers have surfaced, raising alarms about public safety and trust in genuine authority.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Best Friend Forever is handling world sales.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Anton is handling worldwide rights and co-repping North American rights with UTA Independent Film Group and Cinetic.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite daunting market conditions, America’s youngest generation of adults is managing to break into the housing market in growing numbers.
    Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fire containment Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.
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Verb
  • Was Prater manipulating evidence?
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • One was based on hard-coding logical rules for categorizing inputs into symbols and then for manipulating those symbols to arrive at outputs.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To add to the trick-or-treating experience, the museum will create pretend doors throughout the museum.
    Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Lower-income diners, however, are cutting back, Kempczinski argued in an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, treating fast food less as a daily convenience and more as an occasional splurge.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Physio Ash Pracy departs while head of women’s physio Amy Cranston is also taking maternity leave on a temporary basis.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Kelce then helped the Chiefs by taking one for the team.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On Tinder alone, men dominate the active user base, which gives women more choice and negotiating power.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Brown as the crafty Pauline is the true scene stealer, negotiating terms of terror herself.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Grappling (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grappling%20%28with%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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