grappling
Americannoun
noun
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the act of gripping or seizing, as in wrestling
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a hook used for securing something
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But a long list of challenges awaits: grappling with worst-in-the-nation unemployment, solving the housing crisis, and preparing for and responding to seemingly endless fires, floods and other natural disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Wall Street is grappling with a fundamental question: Are Google’s AI Overviews bound to save search — or ruin the whole business?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Investors are now grappling with the prospect that the period of peak earnings growth has passed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
India's neighbour China has spent years grappling with an ageing population, rolling out measures to encourage younger people to marry and boost births as its workforce shrinks.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
For a nation grappling with the Depression, that was an eye-watering sum.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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