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 comments come as Hollywood continues to wrestle with the use of artificial intelligence in film and television.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Fabian Hurzeler, Brighton & Hove Albion’s head coach, has a nice problem to wrestle with.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
The Colts went after him in Week 2 like few teams have in Surtain’s career, and Chargers receiver Quentin Johnston wrestled off Surtain to go skidding for a 37-yard gain in Week 3.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Still, the show stops short of wrestling with either the characters’ complicity in injustice or their evolving feelings in any real detail.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Fabian Hurzeler, Brighton & Hove Albion’s head coach, has a nice problem to wrestle with.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
The Colts went after him in Week 2 like few teams have in Surtain’s career, and Chargers receiver Quentin Johnston wrestled off Surtain to go skidding for a 37-yard gain in Week 3.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Still, the show stops short of wrestling with either the characters’ complicity in injustice or their evolving feelings in any real detail.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrestle
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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The event, launched in 1982, celebrates the freedom to read and express ideas and emphasizes the importance of fighting censorship.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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While Tommy grapples with his complicated family life and a still-grieving Cami settles into her new position at the company, the undercurrent of just how dangerous the oil business is can't be ignored.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said forecasts of an imminent slowdown have been repeatedly wrong, and the economics profession should start grappling with its track record of misjudgments.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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