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a situation, task, etc., that seems difficult or frustrating: With no sleep last night, I’ll be on the struggle bus today.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 2000–05

Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The detectives learned early on that Brinsley had arrived by bus in Manhattan.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We might have thought The Comeback was about a desperate actress's shameless struggle for fame.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards|Kevin Fallon|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But it turns out it was really about a woman's struggle to realize what actually makes her happy.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards|Kevin Fallon|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The crowd shuffled off in all directions, and then engaged in a confused struggle for the chairs.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
To this, it is greatly to be feared, the fiery Southerns will not submit without an armed struggle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
And a severe, embittered struggle then took place in a heart that seemed strangely divided against itself.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
His repeated coughing seemed a constant warning that at any moment he might be vanquished in the struggle for becoming silence.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd