wrestle

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 But also, the honesty of a man who wrestles with guilt. Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 23 June 2025 The long-term local broadcast situation for many NBA teams remains in flux heading into this summer, and the league is also wrestling with what to do after conducting a season-long study into the local RSN ecosystem. Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 18 June 2025 And Senate Republicans are wrestling over the megabill that funds Trump’s agenda. The Hill, 18 June 2025 Presidents have wrestled with Congress, for example. Jacob Turcotte, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for wrestle
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  • Reggie Greer, who served as a senior advisor on LGBTQI+ Persons at the State Department in the Biden administration, remembers being in North Carolina during the 2016 bathroom bill fight.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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  • Activities that were once a regular or even mundane part of life — taking kids to school, buying groceries, driving — have become daunting as immigrants who lack legal authorization grapple with how to avoid arrest and deportation.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • But, as Israel and Iran grappled in an air war, Trump gave the order for Operation Midnight Hammer, which dropped bunker-buster bombs on nuclear sites in Iran.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025

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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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