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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Recent Examples of wrestle
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.
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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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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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The current plan would lift the SALT cap from $10,000 to $30,000, but a handful of blue-state Republicans have been fighting to raise the cap higher.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Moving to Italy was a big jump and then moving here was another big jump: from Serie B to a big club that fights in European competition.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Following launch, the space station’s Canadarm2 will grapple Cygnus no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 1, and the spacecraft will attach to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading by the Expedition 70 crew.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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While Khalil’s case drew international attention, Abdalla has had to grapple with the anxieties of learning to be a mother.—
Aida Alami,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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