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wrestle

[res-uhl] / ˈrɛs əl /


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They’re the responsible adults now, watching Gen Z characters that wrestle with generation-specific problems in ways that look confusing from the outside.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

The result was a compelling contest, an arm wrestle with neither side ever able to claim they held the upper hand.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Some commentators have questioned the timing of disclosures about the incidents as tech firms wrestle for dominance in AI development.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The Tour continues to wrestle with the heat of the European summer, which cooked some early stages and reignited discussions over whether races should start earlier in the morning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Suddenly Razi jumped on Marco and tried to wrestle the box out of his hands, but Cook grabbed him by the back of his shirt and pulled him off.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Every Olympics wrestles with finding the perfect venue, and for the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2026

Caught in a web of bureaucratic intrigue, he wrestles with matters of maturity, morality, conscience and redemption he has long evaded.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

“I think everyone who takes time off wrestles with the discomfort of having money go out and not having money come in. It’s deeply uncomfortable — for myself included.”

From MarketWatch Dec. 10, 2025

Helmuth wrestles a sudden wave of nausea as he realizes what Hugo did last night.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

He also wrestled in the US before signing for All Elite Wrestling - or AEW - which is what brings him back home to the UK this weekend.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

The EU has also wrestled with internal dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Firefighters wrestled "numerous flare-ups" under control overnight, working in very difficult conditions as powerful winds buffeted the eastern region bordering Germany -- with a "mini-tornado" even striking a town outside the park.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

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

Robinson, at center, is being wrestled away from the registration desk by bystanders, while the woman at left tries to avoid the altercation and King ducks.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

Now the main event is here, the last sliver of the culture the public can all discuss without wrestling each other in the supermarket parking lot:

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Dundee and Lawler appeared in a Facebook video earlier this year where the duo thanked their fans for “never letting Memphis wrestling die,” the post said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Dundee’s son, Jamie Dundee, announced his father’s death in a Facebook post, revealing that the wrestling star died at 3:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Harley Miller, founder of Left Lane Capital, is an early investor in Real American Freestyle, a family-friendly wrestling league co-founded by Hulk Hogan in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

I saw Freddy Dooher, who’s on the wrestling team.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen




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