as in approaching
to start work on energetically
once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom
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Recent Examples of tackling
Figures of Crisis makes productive use of this commonplace idea by tackling it head-on and turning it inside out.
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Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Graphic video of the arrest, posted on social media by a witness Tuesday, showed the officers tackling the bloodied man to the floor in the store and holding him down.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
Just before the 2026 season, former Glory defensive tackle and eight-time All-Pro Syreeta Gapelu brought even more attention to the team by tackling and apprehending a man attempting to steal her car.
—Pj Green
april 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
That players were actually tackling one another and competing doesn’t hurt.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
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Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Graphic video of the arrest, posted on social media by a witness Tuesday, showed the officers tackling the bloodied man to the floor in the store and holding him down.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
Just before the 2026 season, former Glory defensive tackle and eight-time All-Pro Syreeta Gapelu brought even more attention to the team by tackling and apprehending a man attempting to steal her car.
—Pj Green
april 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
That players were actually tackling one another and competing doesn’t hurt.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tackling
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Anya Kamenetz To learn to fly-fish, contact angler Jim Fulton, who usually takes his students to the Harlem Meer to practice casting, tying knots, and approaching the water.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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Members Janet Musil and Meg Peo will give historical context and encourage a discussion about the Electoral College as part of the library’s America 250 series in honor of the country’s approaching 250th anniversary.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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And nothing in your reply seems to recognize that this is a common, patronizingly ageist way of addressing people.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Europe turned its attention to the Palestinians on Monday as the election defeat of Israel ally Victor Orban in Hungary gives new momentum to efforts addressing Gaza and the occupied West Bank.—
Sam McNeil,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Subsequent owners continued to make improvements with the current owners undertaking significant upgrades.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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The trend continued in 2026, with more than 2,800 Rohingya undertaking dangerous sea journeys between January and 13 April, the agency said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Be sure that the rear lure always has a hook, as the bass typically key in on the ‘straggler’ when attacking a ball of bait.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
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Other offences include attacking one victim on September 20, 2006 and another one in September 2016.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Tackling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tackling. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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