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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And because Tom is both reluctant to return to active duty and wrestling with family trauma, those chapters are carried largely by the charisma of Pelphrey, who’s been doing scene-stealing supporting work for years in shows like Ozark and here proves more than capable of taking the lead.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Taylor was one of the people who suggested Gonzalez try wrestling.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Police here have released video of officers wrestling with and eventually detaining a man who went unresponsive and died after being injected with a controversial sedative.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
In an almost identical situation, Raya was helped by not having a defender — or, in Keane’s words, ‘a babysitter’ — wrestling with De Ligt.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Taylor was one of the people who suggested Gonzalez try wrestling.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Police here have released video of officers wrestling with and eventually detaining a man who went unresponsive and died after being injected with a controversial sedative.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
In an almost identical situation, Raya was helped by not having a defender — or, in Keane’s words, ‘a babysitter’ — wrestling with De Ligt.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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The emotional ballast of the film — Davidson’s bond with Dottie Achenbach (a wonderful Maxine Peake), the mother of one his childhood friends, who is also fighting her own health battles — also suffers from moments of incoherence, but the immense power of that bond goes a long way.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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And while Johnson’s team is still fighting to climb NASCAR’s competitive ladder, results are starting to follow.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, as China faces its own challenges at home, where the ruling Communist Party is grappling with a slowing economy and persistent unemployment, some observers wonder whether drumming up nationalism as a distraction strategy could push China into an even more aggressive stance.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Two current and nine former ICE officials told Reuters the agency is grappling with burnout and frustration among personnel as agents struggle to keep pace with the administration’s aggressive enforcement agenda.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Sports could be dangerous even without brawling in UFC’s Octagon, an eight-sided cage.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Having a cyberarm might offset glitches in brawling attacks to encourage players to take more risk dice during a first fight.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The unaccompanied minor change was made at least partially in response to a viral video that showed a group of teens tussling near a row of carnival games.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestling. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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