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 Moment finds electro-pop sensation Charli XCX wrestling with these questions, playing an exaggerated version of herself in the wake of the Brat Summer cultural phenomenon.
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
Like India, Indonesia has been wrestling with a falling currency, and on May 20, the country's central bank raised its policy interest rates by a larger-than-expected 50 basis points.
—Sri Jegarajah,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Doorbell video captured Friday appeared to show Hyder punching the woman, 34-year-old Cherrie Moore, in the face several times while also wrestling her to the ground.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 2 June 2026
With the Supreme Court shattering the district lines that created majority-Black seats in the American South and legislators scrambling to stay in office, the Congressional Black Caucus is wrestling over its identity.
—Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 1 June 2026
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
Like India, Indonesia has been wrestling with a falling currency, and on May 20, the country's central bank raised its policy interest rates by a larger-than-expected 50 basis points.
—Sri Jegarajah,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Doorbell video captured Friday appeared to show Hyder punching the woman, 34-year-old Cherrie Moore, in the face several times while also wrestling her to the ground.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 2 June 2026
With the Supreme Court shattering the district lines that created majority-Black seats in the American South and legislators scrambling to stay in office, the Congressional Black Caucus is wrestling over its identity.
—Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrestling
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William Jennings Bryan stepped onto the podium on July 8, 1896, at the Democratic National Convention inside Chicago Coliseum at 63rd Street and Stony Island Avenue, and demonstrated that reformers could profit from working within the system instead of fighting it.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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The big and heavy fights in the new trailer for gen ATLAS (shown below) really remind me of fighting various large enemies in Gigantic Drive.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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From Saint-Marc to Thailand to Miami to Ecuador Born and raised in Saint-Marc, a port city now grappling with escalating gang violence, Adé plays center back for LDU Quito in Ecuador.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
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The case has drawn scrutiny from state and local leaders who are grappling with how to deal with teen involvement in crime.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 June 2026
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In five years, Keanu Reaves will be brawling like this.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Judo doesn’t look like brawling.—
Bhumika Tharoor,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
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The sheriff's office released body camera footage showing a 30-second clip of Rivas tussling with the alligator.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
9 June 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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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestling. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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