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
So, the Eagles switched to the outside and wrestled for results.
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are wrestling with the fallout from Wednesday’s assassination, which stunned the country, sent shock waves through Washington and sparked new talk — and new fears — about congressional security in an age of heightened political animus.
—The Hill, 13 Sep. 2025
The mother of the children and a 20-year-old male sibling were at the home and wrestled with the father, forcing him to stop, police told WDIV and WJBK.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are wrestling with the fallout from Wednesday’s assassination, which stunned the country, sent shock waves through Washington and sparked new talk — and new fears — about congressional security in an age of heightened political animus.
—The Hill, 13 Sep. 2025
The mother of the children and a 20-year-old male sibling were at the home and wrestled with the father, forcing him to stop, police told WDIV and WJBK.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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How do Flock cameras help fight crime?—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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These medications can lower the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps fight bacterial infections.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
14 Sep. 2025
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Private equity more broadly is grappling with a dealmaking drought that has limited institutional investors’ ability to realize returns and access cash.—
Jenni Reid,Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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The film, based on a novel by Karina Sainz Borgo, stars Natalia Reyes as a woman forced to grapple with the death of her mother against the backdrop of a crumbling city and a gang that has overtaken her apartment building.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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