wrestling

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Pro wrestling is a realm where a man named John Cena plays a character named John Cena; the match outcomes are predetermined, but the personal stakes are huge.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

The wrestling coach at the American school in Tokyo, Ernst’s glamorous courtesan Chizuko, and many of the characters are composites.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Followers of the Welkers tune in for a taste of farming in Big Sky Country: sweeping drone shots of golden grain fields and brothers wrestling with monster tractor tires.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

He and the other youngsters held endless running, jumping, and wrestling matches with much shouting and even noises that sounded very much like laughter.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer