as in fighting
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 wrestling
The district also decided to split the girls wrestling co-op team into an independent program at Andrew High School, with a cooperative team at Sandburg and Stagg high schools that cannot compete at the state tournament, Nolting said.
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Leaders today are also supporting employees wrestling with strong emotions about all the changes happening around them, especially relating to AI.
—David Rock, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Bonds The bond market is still wrestling with higher energy prices.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
The Congress is not wrestling with big or important questions right now.
—Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Leaders today are also supporting employees wrestling with strong emotions about all the changes happening around them, especially relating to AI.
—David Rock, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Bonds The bond market is still wrestling with higher energy prices.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
The Congress is not wrestling with big or important questions right now.
—Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrestling
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After fighting valiantly to ward off injury, the horse was euthanized in 2007, his courageous battle forever remembered at Churchill Downs, where his statue stands outside of Gate 1.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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Moscow's troops have been fighting in Ukraine for well over four years - longer than the Soviet involvement, from 1941-45, in what Russians refer to as the Great Patriotic War.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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How is Eddie grappling with the idea of becoming an empty nester sooner rather than later?—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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However, Chen said her business is still grappling with breathtaking price hikes on everything from packaging to key ingredients like Japanese matcha.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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This game is the ultimate in brawling adventure.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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And in 2025, the Bearista cup caused a craze, with customers lining up overnight and, in some cases, brawling over it.—
Nick El Hajj,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Two boys tussling over a bladder in a three-foot-high canvas painted by Joseph Wright of Derby in the late 1760s snarl up in a whirlpool of pain, each twisting the other’s right ear.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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But filings ahead of the hearing in the 3rd Business Court Division shed more light on the dispute that has co-owners Grant Shaw and Alessandro Bosco — and Shaw’s former father in law Tom Sansone — tussling over control of the business and its debt.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestling. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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