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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as in to contemplate
to give serious and careful thought to
I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time
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Recent Examples of wrestle
Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are wrestling with the fallout from Wednesday’s assassination, which stunned the country, sent shock waves through Washington and sparked new talk — and new fears — about congressional security in an age of heightened political animus.
—The Hill, 13 Sep. 2025
The mother of the children and a 20-year-old male sibling were at the home and wrestled with the father, forcing him to stop, police told WDIV and WJBK.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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So, the Eagles switched to the outside and wrestled for results.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are wrestling with the fallout from Wednesday’s assassination, which stunned the country, sent shock waves through Washington and sparked new talk — and new fears — about congressional security in an age of heightened political animus.
—The Hill, 13 Sep. 2025
The mother of the children and a 20-year-old male sibling were at the home and wrestled with the father, forcing him to stop, police told WDIV and WJBK.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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