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

The shuttering comes as airlines grapple with the impact of the Iran crisis on fuel prices and consumer sentiment.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 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

I won’t soon forget the sight of her body-surfing down an overstuffed armchair to grapple with a phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 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