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
Maton has been wrestling with his curveball grip all season and continues to search for consistency.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
As a corner came in, Luke O’Nien was wrestling with Pascal Struijk, who went down and appealed for the penalty.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Spy agencies are wrestling for the prerogative of AI oversight with the Commerce Department.
—Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 12 May 2026
Regulators spent months wrestling with concerns about market manipulation and whether the underlying crypto markets were mature enough to take on a regulated investment product.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 10 May 2026
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
As a corner came in, Luke O’Nien was wrestling with Pascal Struijk, who went down and appealed for the penalty.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Spy agencies are wrestling for the prerogative of AI oversight with the Commerce Department.
—Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 12 May 2026
Regulators spent months wrestling with concerns about market manipulation and whether the underlying crypto markets were mature enough to take on a regulated investment product.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrestling
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The 41-year-old Ukrainian soldier was severely injured during a mine explosion in 2024 while fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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The final battle came down to him fighting Jack, who had replaced Jacob as protector of the island.—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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This has affected Bungie itself, of course, and the studio is grappling with what this means for the future of the company and their jobs in the short term.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Today, consumers are grappling with the shock of higher oil prices after seeing prices rise last year due to Trump’s tariffs.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
23 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 24 May. 2026.
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