grapple
verb (used without object)
to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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And scientists will have grappled with the question of whether to inform relatives about the trial - whether the patient survives or not.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2014