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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Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Afterwards, with the stadium nearly empty, Luke Shaw took his son out for a kickabout with Mount — two players who have wrestled with injuries getting fit in time for a chance of silverware.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Talks about this kind of safety labeling change began before the ouster of the FDA's previous top vaccines official, Dr. Peter Marks, multiple people familiar with the situation said, but had not yet been finalized as officials wrestled with how to accurately present the findings.
—Paula Cohen, CBS News, 21 May 2025
Media companies are coaxing out streaming profits and wrestling with linear television declines.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 May 2025
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Lawmakers are wrestling over President Donald Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending package, which passed in the House on Thursday, and could face hurdles in the Senate.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Afterwards, with the stadium nearly empty, Luke Shaw took his son out for a kickabout with Mount — two players who have wrestled with injuries getting fit in time for a chance of silverware.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Talks about this kind of safety labeling change began before the ouster of the FDA's previous top vaccines official, Dr. Peter Marks, multiple people familiar with the situation said, but had not yet been finalized as officials wrestled with how to accurately present the findings.
—Paula Cohen, CBS News, 21 May 2025
Media companies are coaxing out streaming profits and wrestling with linear television declines.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 May 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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