rassled

verb

past tense of rassle
as in wrestled
to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery the boys would rassle and roughhouse for hours on end

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  1. wrestled
  2. fought
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  • Police wrestled him down, and Fauci, dressed in his white lab coat, bolted downstairs.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And while Frog in Boiling Water wrestled with political anxiety and environmental collapse, ZIRP!
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrestled
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  • The rival gangs fought and retaliated against each other both before and after Shakur's death.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Families and staff fought the plan for months, worried that the closures would disproportionately affect minority, low-income and special education students and harm all students’ academic and social well-being.
    — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of fought
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“Rassled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rassled. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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