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In the first two seasons, Usagi had been grappling with the death of her mountain climber father, and actress Tao Tsuchiya feels that underlying pain could be a point of a connection.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

Her father Richard had been grappling with how to help his daughter and offered to build her a little houseplant shop at the nursery, as a project to focus on slowly over time.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024

Hotel operators, who had been grappling over the past year with an uneven recovery in Chinese demand, are now benefiting from pent-up demand in Greater China.

From Reuters • May 5, 2023

The bill, known as the California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act, was on Newsom’s desk and the governor had been grappling with whether to sign the legislation or not.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2023

In a matter of moments they had disposed energetically of a problem with which Yossarian and Sergeant Towser had been grappling unsuccessfully for months.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller