as in struggle
a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective
it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty
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as in to climb
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea
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as in to fumble
to search for something blindly or uncertainly
he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents
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Recent Examples of scrabble
Oluwatosin Adeshokan, Quartz Africa, 8 Nov. 2019
Across the street from her, a kinetic scrabble of orange and blue runs the height of a five-story brick building like an electric charge.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2019
John Werner, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
In her third year, she was cast in Industry, a show with an indulgently raw vision of the one percent and the young people scrabbling for a foothold within it.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
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Noun
In the early 90s, Nigeria’s central government recognized scrabble as a sport.
—Oluwatosin Adeshokan, Quartz Africa, 8 Nov. 2019
Across the street from her, a kinetic scrabble of orange and blue runs the height of a five-story brick building like an electric charge.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2019
Verb
Relatively recently, humans were scrabbling in the dirt, and hunting for animals, and writing things on cave walls, or later, parchments.
—John Werner, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
In her third year, she was cast in Industry, a show with an indulgently raw vision of the one percent and the young people scrabbling for a foothold within it.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrabble
Noun
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The film doesn’t paint him as a cautionary tale, treat him like a metaphor, or revel in the spectacle of his struggles.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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Sly Stone's struggles with cocaine have been well documented, even, at times, eclipsing his achievements as an artist.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index added almost 1%, while Korea’s Kospi index ticked down around 0.1% as the country’s wholesale inflation rate for December climbed 1.7% on an annual basis.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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And then the next Ravens team will have to try and climb the mountain all over again and rewrite a different ending.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Now, contrast that to the recent experience of Ravens tight end Mark Andrews who, as every devoted local football fan will recall, both fumbled and dropped a crucial two-point conversion pass in a must-win playoff game against the Buffalo Bills.—
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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Like Fuhrman, many were nervous about teachers fumbling over technology and classmates not paying attention.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Personal battles Trump, who has been convicted by a jury of his peers and was indicted four times after his first term, referred to his legal troubles during his speech.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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In a YouTube video released in October, Jake Paul announced his endorsement for Trump for the 2024 election and drew a bold comparison between the president-elect's legal battles and the historic struggles of America's Founding Fathers.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Connecticut state officials were scrambling Tuesday on a chaotic day to respond to President Donald Trump’s plan to temporarily halt virtually all federal funding and loans.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Jan. 2025
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Searching for economic options, apparel manufacturers in Turkey—who have been moving out of Istanbul in the last few years, cutting costs and finding ways to scale up—are scrambling for solutions in 2025.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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While staying at The Beverly Hills Hotel with Ventura, Morales said an irate Combs burst into the room looking for Ventura, after which the couple stepped away for an argument.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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This 24-hour dive near Uptown is for true degenerates looking to extend the party to unholy hours.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
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Even so, there is uncertainty about how quickly lawmakers will approve the boost for legal fights against the new administration.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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Bobby Templin — whose hand was fractured in prison two years ago — admitted Tuesday afternoon to hitting a correctional officer during a January 2023 fight at the Idaho State Correctional Center.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Jan. 2025
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Shares slumped over the summer on concerns over weakness in its theme parks biz — then clambered back up in November on strong earnings results and streaming profits, and Disney’s three-year forecast for EPS growth.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2024
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Photos and videos of the clash Friday morning showed chaotic scenes with Nationalist members trying to remove or push their way though the barriers of chairs or clamber over a ledge in front of the speaker’s area.—
Taijing Wu and Ken Moritsugu,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Scrabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrabble. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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