as in to fight
to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery
the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie
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as in to contemplate
to give serious and careful thought to
I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time
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Recent Examples of wrestle
Phil Kirschner, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Players shoved each other, Eddie Segura and Maximiliano Falcón wrestled on the ground, and Jordi Alba was held in a headlock.
—Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
That could have just been wrestling being wrestling.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
This declaration of wrestling royalty hits many fans strongly.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Building The Integrated Workforce Model For business leaders wrestling with today's hybrid work challenges, there's a compelling case for seeing those efforts as investments in future capabilities.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Players shoved each other, Eddie Segura and Maximiliano Falcón wrestled on the ground, and Jordi Alba was held in a headlock.
—Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
That could have just been wrestling being wrestling.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
This declaration of wrestling royalty hits many fans strongly.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Wrestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrestle. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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