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rassling

verb

present participle of rassle

as in wrestling

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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Using LLMs to smooth out the challenges of wrestling with a text, of struggling to find the right words to convey a thought, of piloting one’s own personal and intellectual development, is antithetical to this type of education.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Getting them in a room together was like wrestling mythological beasts.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

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