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wrestle

[res-uhl] / ˈrɛs əl /


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Godzilla of con artists as ‘The Rehearsal’s’ Nathan Fielder tries to wrestle the truth out of Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

All you can do is wrestle back to the light.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Shelton double-faulted on break point in the first game of the match, handing over the type of initiative that opponents often struggle to wrestle back from Zverev.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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

As it was, I had to wrestle daily with both my inadequacy and my uncontrollable jealousy.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

His comments come as Scottish football wrestles with a growing concern over the number of homegrown players who are making it to the top of the game.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

But where Hwan’s Christianity is a willful, grotesque misreading of the Bible, Latif actively wrestles with his moral shortcomings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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

He wrestles it to the ground and lets it go again.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

That this was a question she had wrestled with, but when you see that you are off the cliff, it will become clear what you have to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Born Benjamin Satterley in a blue-collar community in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, he first came to national attention stateside in the WWE, where he wrestled under the decidedly English name Neville.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Louisville, Ky.-based Brown-Forman has also wrestled with a takeover offer from crosstown rival Sazerac, which it has rebuffed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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 boys lay on her narrow bed, and tickled each other, and wrestled, and made loud howling noises.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

To ensure their loincloths were tied correctly, the Swiss wrestlers received help from a Senegalese wrestling star, Emile Francois Gomis, known as "Franc".

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The market seems to be “calling the wrestling match after the first takedown instead of waiting to see how it plays out over time,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Shows like Zack Zucker’s Stamptown, Adam Ray’s take on Dr. Phil, and the character-driven wrestling open mic of “NAW or Never: Smack Talk Open Mic” are making their way into mainstream culture through Netflix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Other AI labs are also wrestling with how much to share with outside safety researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Mr. Terupt did a lot of wrestling while growing up, and even into college,” he started to explain.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea


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