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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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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 29 Jan. 2022.

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