struggle
verb (used without object)
to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
have struggled
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present perfectof struggle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That other stocks have frequently rallied when AI-linked names have struggled has helped to limit pain at the index level this year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
But the grants have helped get the cameras into the hands of the state’s smaller police departments that may have struggled with the cost of the equipment.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The city and county have struggled to put a serious dent in the homeless population.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
As a result, scientists have struggled to directly and reliably determine how the universe's total HI mass has changed across the low- to intermediate-redshift universe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Long before Descartes we can find references to laws of nature in a scientific context, and scholars have struggled to disentangle the origins of the concept.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
