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noun

plural of scrabble

as in fights

a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty

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verb

present tense third-person singular of scrabble

as in climbs

to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea

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as in fumbles

to search for something blindly or uncertainly he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents

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Noun

Some of his worst fights happened with Justin Burnell, a manager who eventually became a partner at Drastic Measures, according to multiple employees.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
The Ultimate Fighting Championship built up its early lore with tournaments in which all the fights happened on the same night.

— Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of fights

Noun

Their lives intersect during the making of a documentary, drawing out desires and struggles each had kept hidden.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Sitting around the fire pit, toes in the sand, the students share stories with me about the cuisine; traditional string instrument sasando, made of bamboo; and their struggles with learning to swim.

— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of struggles

Verb

As Musashi scrambles through a school of Samurai, the game seamlessly bounces between skillful swordplay, rowdy improvisation, and Looney Tunes-style levity.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Written with grimy, enlivening frankness — and an ability to dig into moral ambiguity — every character scrambles to get a leg up.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of scrambles

Noun

The Wolves hadn’t won many free agent battles against big-market teams like this before.

— Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Bonino said that during their conversations Francis always encouraged her to bring forward her humanitarian battles, defending those most in need.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of battles

Verb

On a weekend morning, a van leaves Damascus and clambers toward Monte Rosa, a rocky area on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.

— Adri Salido, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
His colleague, a newly qualified environmental engineer, clambers up onto the backseat.

— Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025

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