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grapple

[grap-uhl] / ˈgræp əl /


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The Aids crisis is devastatingly rampant and Scotland is having its own, distinct grapple with it.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“Contemporary narratives that grapple with female complexity, desire and power were always kind of entrenched in my work,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Specifically, she says world leaders should be increasing the number of winners in trade deals as they grapple with the U.S.-China rivalry, geopolitical fragmentation and artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Toossi doesn’t grapple explicitly with the fraught internal politics of the Iran of the period.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

The people who had done the persuading saw it as a sales job: They knew there was a difference between corporate and consumer loans that the rating agencies had failed to grapple with.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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