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wrestle

[res-uhl] / ˈrɛs əl /


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All you can do is wrestle back to the light.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Even as consumers wrestle with higher costs of living, a report from Circana in February found that store-brand momentum had stretched “beyond inflationary periods,” after price increases eased briefly last year.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Yields are rising across advanced economies, as investors wrestle with resurgent inflation, the possibilities of artificial intelligence, and the debt loads and evolving spending plans of governments facing geopolitical upheaval.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

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

Root was tempted to let them wrestle for a while, but now wasn’t the time to indulge himself.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

There, her brain still working on what she was doing in her office, she’ll lose herself on multiple fronts as she wrestles with a scene.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's Jun. 26, 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

In one scene in Glenrothan, he rugby tackles Alan Cumming's Donal to the ground and wrestles him.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

Finally all eyes are on Pink Boy, who wrestles out, Sorry.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

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

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

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

As Fadi and Felix wrestled on the ground, Ike grabbed Fadi’s legs.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

While wrestling with his response to the Roebucks, Walters confided in Collins, his half brother.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Dive into a true-crime longread: As a teenager, Winston Walters became a rising reality-TV star for wrestling giant catfish.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Amodei’s pledge comes as some of his employees are wrestling with the potential existential risks of the technologies they are building.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

“Those are two very different lives. I value both, but it took me well into my 30s to understand that I was still wrestling with different aspects of myself.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Surprise and suspicion flashed across Mrs. Wright’s face, and Mrs. Richardson could see the two emotions wrestling there.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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