grapple

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And yet the only two justices that were really willing to grapple with it and push back were Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Kentanji Brown Jackson, the two women of color on the bench.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

But Navy Federal Credit Union chief economist Heather Long called it "a split-screen economy" where companies and investors involved in artificial intelligence are flourishing while middle- and moderate-income households grapple with cost hikes.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry