grapple
verb (used without object)
to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
is grappling
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present progressiveof grapple (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The announcements come at a time when the world is grappling with increasingly capable AI systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But it almost certainly would trigger a new round of deflation in the domestic economy, which already is grappling with the collapse of real-estate prices and disinflation triggered by overcapacity in many industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The government is grappling with growing youth unemployment, as more firms look to hire staff with previous experience or cut graduate schemes.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
As football fans flood into tournament co-hosts the United States, Canada and Mexico, the Central American country is grappling with chaotic teacher protests in its capital.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Conclusion.—To-day anthropology is grappling with the heavy task of systematizing the vast stores of knowledge to which the key was found by Boucher de Perthes, by Lartet, Christy and their successors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
