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
The tourism town of Natchez, wrestling with difficult histories, presents a microcosm for the wider United States.
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Knox, who committed to wrestle at Rutgers University, and his dad were initially charged with simple assault for purposely/knowingly causing bodily injury after a brawl broke out at Collingswood High School on February.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Videos from the scene showed Pretti holding a cellphone when the feds wrestled him to the ground, took a gun from his waist and shot him dead.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Bystander footage shows Pretti holding his phone, not a gun, before being wrestled to the ground.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Knox, who committed to wrestle at Rutgers University, and his dad were initially charged with simple assault for purposely/knowingly causing bodily injury after a brawl broke out at Collingswood High School on February.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Videos from the scene showed Pretti holding a cellphone when the feds wrestled him to the ground, took a gun from his waist and shot him dead.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Bystander footage shows Pretti holding his phone, not a gun, before being wrestled to the ground.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
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Graham, in particular, has been on a war path over the negotiations, accusing Republicans of not fighting hard enough to reclaim the narrative on immigration after the death of Alex Pretti last weekend.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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Defense attorney Marilyn Bednarski said Lemon plans to plead innocent and fight the charges in Minnesota.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Kendra Bates, a dancer and former OnlyFans model who says she’s been grappling with her faith, left Los Angeles to experience life in an Amish community.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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One that’s far more likely than not to widen further over the medium-term due to some grave structural realities that the Canucks must begin to identify and grapple with.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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