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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Joseph Choi, The Hill, 14 May 2025
Subtract Tatum’s injury, and Boston was still wrestling with the certainty of needing to trade at least one of the four expensive core players around him (Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porziņģis, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White), who alone combine to make $144 million next season.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Trying to wrestle the gun away from one another, the boys take shelter behind what appears to be a giant outdoor fan.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Both before and after WWE, Sabu wrestled for top promotions across the globe, including New Japan Pro-Wrestling, AAA and CMLL, as well as dozens of other independent promotions.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 12 May 2025
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First testimony in front of Cassidy Wednesday was also the first time Kennedy testified in front of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions who publicly wrestled with whether or not to confirm Kennedy.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 14 May 2025
Subtract Tatum’s injury, and Boston was still wrestling with the certainty of needing to trade at least one of the four expensive core players around him (Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porziņģis, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White), who alone combine to make $144 million next season.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Trying to wrestle the gun away from one another, the boys take shelter behind what appears to be a giant outdoor fan.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Both before and after WWE, Sabu wrestled for top promotions across the globe, including New Japan Pro-Wrestling, AAA and CMLL, as well as dozens of other independent promotions.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 12 May 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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