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wrestling

verb

Definition of wrestlingnext
present participle of wrestle
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 California growers and winemakers of all sizes are wrestling with an oversaturated market due to a steep drop in consumer demand and the loss of the majority of wine exports to Canada. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026 From suicides to sextortion, parents and their children are wrestling with how social media and AI chatbots could be harming people’s mental and physical health. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Using LLMs to smooth out the challenges of wrestling with a text, of struggling to find the right words to convey a thought, of piloting one’s own personal and intellectual development, is antithetical to this type of education. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026 Getting them in a room together was like wrestling mythological beasts. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Soon all knowledge workers will face the same crisis of meaning that mathematicians are wrestling with today. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 Their leaders, gathered for a summit in Palau this week, are wrestling once more with the question of how tiny countries with little global power can use major polluters’ geopolitical interest in their region to secure a chance of survival. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 That's a question the Brewers coaching staff, front office, and likely Misiorowski himself are wrestling with right now, and the World Series might hinge on it. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026 The deal comes as the city pushes to get more projects off the ground while wrestling with the region’s high housing costs. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrestling
  1. fighting
  2. grappling
  3. brawling
  4. tussling
Verb
  • The two men began fighting and both pulled out handguns and opened fire, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Wicky said his halftime message was to be brave and keep fighting.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of fighting
Verb
  • In an interview conducted Friday by The Associated Press from outside Iran, Mohammadi said Iranians are grappling with multiple crises stemming from the ongoing war and deepening economic pressure.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In an interview conducted Friday by The Associated Press from outside Iran, Mohammadi said that Iranians are grappling with multiple crises stemming from the ongoing war and deepening economic pressure, and the brutal crackdowns on protests.
    — Amir-Hussein Radjy, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of grappling
Verb
  • Both trips include a stop at the town jail after brawling with the locals, albeit this time John’s the one behind bars instead of Hal.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Well, maybe everyone except for the fans escorted out of the right-field bleachers after brawling, another clip that went viral on social media.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of brawling
Verb
  • But for those who find (and in some cases may be slightly mystified as to why) that there is a nagging, needling value to Schrader’s ongoing project of tussling with grandiose dilemmas of transgression and deliverance, there is some new news here.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
  • He was seen dancing at San Diego Comic Con, getting arrested in Times Square, giving out free hugs on the Santa Monica Pier, and tussling with an AMC employee over a bag of popcorn.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of tussling

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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestling. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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