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wrestle

[res-uhl] / ˈrɛs əl /


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"Because it's so big, and because it is so regional, it does create tensions that have been with us since the beginning, and we still wrestle with them today," he says.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Similar clashes are erupting nationwide as communities wrestle with privacy rights and the rapid spread of AI-enabled cameras.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

But it was interesting to see him wrestle with how his work hinders that — is it the crutch or the salvation?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Dell’s ability to wrestle successfully with the memory shortage was the primary reason Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring upgraded the stock to Equal Weight from Underweight.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

During the past month the black, terrible feelings had arisen again to wrestle with his spirit.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

The aspect that he says he wrestles with is how much higher rates would harm the economy.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

For Episode 6, Deming made great use of a small lab set, where Reilly wrestles with emotional demons after being drugged.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

After decades as Europe’s manufacturing engine, the country is mired in its longest stretch of stagnation since World War II as it wrestles with competition from China and a slump in demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Protein, in particular, remains a priority for consumers, even as the food industry wrestles with soaring beef prices.

From MarketWatch Nov. 10, 2025

Since he looks like he wrestles alligators for fun, it’s very effective.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

They’d say there were times when he was away — I wrestled with that — but they would say yeah.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

For decades, physicists have wrestled with one of the deepest puzzles in modern science: the "black hole information paradox."

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

“The couple and the guests wrestled their way through the streets against photographers and tourists from the church to the mayor’s office—hand-to-hand combat.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Schatz pointed out that Rubio had moved all foreign aid under the State Department and had just wrestled some of that money away from the OMB to respond to an Ebola outbreak.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

Fig whined and shimmied until he wrestled from my grip.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The company now has the rights to air live games and events in popular sports including football, baseball, boxing and wrestling.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Its first half is filled with the optimistic insistence that dancing and love will save us all, while the second finds Madonna wrestling with bitterness and regret.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

Alex Proie in Pennsylvania picked up her ring, made from the gold and diamonds in her five-year anniversary band, a couple of weeks ago and is still wrestling with a mix of feelings.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

If you’re a fan of Croatia, I think you might want to stop reading here and go do something less stressful, like operating a jackhammer, or wrestling a sock drawer full of cobras.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

I’d been wrestling with the Tkatchev for almost a year, trying to nail the complicated release-and-catch move.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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