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wrestling

[res-ling] / ˈrɛs lɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
fighting
Synonyms
STRONG
battling belligerent boxing brawling contending determined fencing hostile jousting martial militant skirmishing sparring tilting warmongering
WEAK
angry argumentative bellicose combative contentious disputatious disputative ferocious hawkish jingoistic militaristic pugnacious quarrelsome ready to fight resolute scrappy truculent unbeatable under arms up in arms
Antonyms
STRONG
kind nice peaceful
WEAK
peaceloving
NOUN
martial art
Synonyms
STRONGEST
judo karate
WEAK
aikido jujitsu kendo kick boxing kung fu sumo wrestling t'ai chi tae kwon do
NOUN
martial art
Synonyms
STRONGEST
judo karate
WEAK
aikido jujitsu kendo kick boxing kung fu sumo wrestling t'ai chi tae kwon do

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Now, Wall Street is wrestling with the sustainability of an upturn.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Date Lady co-founder Colleen Sundlie is now wrestling with how to get her 40-foot container of organic date sugar and date paste from Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port to Missouri.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He’s since come to realize that he’d been wrestling with complex feelings, “which were childhood feelings,” and much of the debauchery of his past was about “looking for community and looking for connection.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

What I am wrestling with is an essay not just written by A.I. but poorly imagined by A.I.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

We were obsessed with wrestling videos on YouTube.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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