as in to fight
to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery
the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie
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Recent Examples of wrestle
Only then are we forced to wrestle with the true brutality of war.
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Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
As the families of the two Catholic school students fatally shot while celebrating Mass at a Minneapolis church continue to wrestle with their grief, the father of the 8-year-old boy killed tearfully urged the community to remember his son for his love of family, fishing and cooking.
—Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
The two of them navigate parental pressure, societal expectations, and the fear of coming out, all while sharing their love of wrestling with each other.
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
And because Tom is both reluctant to return to active duty and wrestling with family trauma, those chapters are carried largely by the charisma of Pelphrey, who’s been doing scene-stealing supporting work for years in shows like Ozark and here proves more than capable of taking the lead.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
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Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
As the families of the two Catholic school students fatally shot while celebrating Mass at a Minneapolis church continue to wrestle with their grief, the father of the 8-year-old boy killed tearfully urged the community to remember his son for his love of family, fishing and cooking.
—Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
The two of them navigate parental pressure, societal expectations, and the fear of coming out, all while sharing their love of wrestling with each other.
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
And because Tom is both reluctant to return to active duty and wrestling with family trauma, those chapters are carried largely by the charisma of Pelphrey, who’s been doing scene-stealing supporting work for years in shows like Ozark and here proves more than capable of taking the lead.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
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Among other resources, two engines have also been deployed to fight the wildfire.—
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7 Sep. 2025
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Her grandfather served in World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Two current and nine former ICE officials told Reuters the agency is grappling with burnout and frustration among personnel as agents struggle to keep pace with the administration’s aggressive enforcement agenda.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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This comes as the government is already grappling with persistent budget deficits and market concerns about fiscal sustainability.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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