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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Born and raised in Nova Scotia as Wade Douglas Bowles, Rocky Johnson started wrestling in 1964 in and around Toronto.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
However, Milwaukee has been wrestling with complaints of reckless driving, speeding, pedestrian safety, and police pursuits.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
His debut took place on a June 2002 edition of SmackDown, wrestling his first match against Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist whose legend reached new heights in WWE.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
As churches hold religious services this weekend, celebrants across the country are wrestling with how to help their congregations cope with and make sense of the tragedy at the Annunciation Church.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
However, Milwaukee has been wrestling with complaints of reckless driving, speeding, pedestrian safety, and police pursuits.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
His debut took place on a June 2002 edition of SmackDown, wrestling his first match against Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist whose legend reached new heights in WWE.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
As churches hold religious services this weekend, celebrants across the country are wrestling with how to help their congregations cope with and make sense of the tragedy at the Annunciation Church.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
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The approximate number of Americans who died fighting the Nazis in World War II.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Proctor also investigated the Walshe case and other criminal cases in Norfolk County and those defense attorneys are fighting to get information from Proctor’s phone backup archives that could exonerate their clients.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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At Utah Valley University, where 3,000 people had gathered to watch Kirk speak Wednesday when he was killed, many are still grappling with the shooting.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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While Bronze was grappling with her own struggles, within 10 days, England had lost three big leaders in Mary Earps, Millie Bright and Fran Kirby.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 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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This could open up space for another Chelsea player to attack, but an arm in the air from the corner taker is usually a sign for Cucurella to trot back into the box, tussling with his defender and making a nuisance of himself on the way back.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 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 21 Sep. 2025.
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