as in fought
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 wrestled
The video showing Pretti kicking the back of a vehicle used by agents before being wrestled to the ground was verified by his family through a representative.
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
A number of agents jumped out and wrestled him to the ground.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
The heaviest Burmese python caught in Florida, a 215-pound beast, was wrestled from heavy cover just west of Big Cypress by biologists Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 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
An agent pepper sprayed him in the face, and then other agents wrestled him to the ground before gunshots rang out.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Saunders proffers no evidence that Boone, say, wrestled with the responsibilities of leadership, or was charming or generous, or cared to do anything with other people but dominate them.
—Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
Pretti was shot several times by a Border Patrol agent after being wrestled to the ground by multiple officers.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Jared Perlo, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
A number of agents jumped out and wrestled him to the ground.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
The heaviest Burmese python caught in Florida, a 215-pound beast, was wrestled from heavy cover just west of Big Cypress by biologists Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 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
An agent pepper sprayed him in the face, and then other agents wrestled him to the ground before gunshots rang out.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Saunders proffers no evidence that Boone, say, wrestled with the responsibilities of leadership, or was charming or generous, or cared to do anything with other people but dominate them.
—Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
Pretti was shot several times by a Border Patrol agent after being wrestled to the ground by multiple officers.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrestled
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My great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War for the Wisconsin 11th Infantry to achieve the American dream.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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As Colorado celebrates 150 years of statehood this year, historians are sharing how Black community leaders here fought to secure voting rights for people across our nation.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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None grappled honestly with intermittency and whole-system reliability.—
Alex Pavlak,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2026
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Kyiv, which has grappled with severe power shortages this winter, is forecast to enter a brutally cold stretch starting Friday that is expected to last into next week.—
AAMER MADHANI AND SUSIE BLANN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Stewart left the bench to confront Bridges, who responded with a punch, and the players tussled.—
Steve Reed,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Pretti, who had disrupted law enforcement on at least one other occasion before his death, tussled with Border Patrol agents before he was shot dead last Saturday.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Schwesinger also battled through an ankle injury this season, playing 16 of 17 games for Kevin Stefanski’s club.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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One person was found dead in an apartment when crews battled an early-morning fire in West Price Hill high-rise building.—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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Lawmakers tore up agenda papers and scuffled Wednesday over constitutional amendments opposition claims would extend parliament’s mandate, which expires in April.—
Omar Faruk,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Opposition lawmakers scuffled with police inside Albania’s parliament on Thursday after weeks of escalating tensions over corruption allegations against Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku and other senior officials, Reuters reported.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
18 Dec. 2025
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Rose then brawled with another user who accused the ambassador of interfering in Polish politics.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Feb. 2026
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Enter Stephanie Vaquer, who fought off Rodriguez as the two brawled into the crowd for the second brawl in the first hour of the show.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Wrestled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestled. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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