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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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California growers and winemakers of all sizes are wrestling with an oversaturated market due to a steep drop in consumer demand and the loss of the majority of wine exports to Canada.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
From suicides to sextortion, parents and their children are wrestling with how social media and AI chatbots could be harming people’s mental and physical health.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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