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
And so the process of bioluminescence, being able to light yourself in the absence of sunlight, felt like the right symbol for all the things that the characters have to wrestle with in the novel.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 1 July 2025
Oil prices saw enormous spikes in June as the world wrestled with brewing conflict between Israel and Iran.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Several bills in the state Legislature seek to wrestle with California’s acute affordability issues.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
Bystander videos have captured agents wrestling suspects to the ground on crowded streets and chasing them through farm fields.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 1 July 2025
Oil prices saw enormous spikes in June as the world wrestled with brewing conflict between Israel and Iran.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Several bills in the state Legislature seek to wrestle with California’s acute affordability issues.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
Bystander videos have captured agents wrestling suspects to the ground on crowded streets and chasing them through farm fields.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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Five engines, two trucks, one squad, three ambulances, and three battalion chiefs assisted in fighting the fire.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Others point out the irony that, as the government fixated on enforcing the veiling law and cracking down on political dissidents under the pretext of fighting foreign subversion, its actual adversaries were quietly infiltrating its most sensitive institutions.—
MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR,
Foreign Affairs,
8 July 2025
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Like its rivals, Paramount is grappling with a generational shift in the media sector, with a growing base of consumers accustomed to streaming their favorite programs at moments of their own choosing.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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Major portions of the East Coast and Northeast are grappling with heat risk as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued widespread advisories and warnings on Monday.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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