grapple

"The chasteness of Nolan's version bugs me as it's insulting he doesn't trust audiences to grapple with this hero's moral complexity - and I'm gut-sick that he's probably right."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

As much as Madonna might love making music, it never gets easier to grapple with the words inside her heart, let alone release them into the public.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

The move comes as authorities in India grapple with a spike in cybercrime, with scammers exploiting low digital safety awareness among millions of internet users.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

For a moment, the Black Lives Matter movement signaled a willingness to grapple with the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Whenever she cracked one system, more challenging ones rose to take its place—and day after day, she was forced to grapple with them alone.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

But Pakistan's least-developed province grapples with a growing separatist insurgency, which has also targeted mining investments by China.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Television City, one of the most famous studios in the entertainment industry where generations of TV shows have been created, is expected to hit the market again as its owner grapples with debt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

It said it will concentrate on the most attractive segments, and adjust production capacity to the current market reality, as it grapples with high costs and intensifying competition in and from China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

A wildfire has forced the evacuation of thousands of people in southern France as the country grapples with the impacts of an early summer heatwave that scorched much of Europe.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

As they drew near enough to use their grapples, the captain mounted the rail.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

The shift came as the world's biggest economy grappled with fallout from war in the Middle East, while imports of tech goods linked to the country's data center buildout remained strong.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

"I grappled with what was the best thing to do for me, for the country, for the government," Sir Keir said.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Simón, whose previous features “Summer 1993” and “Alcarràs” also grappled with family matters, follows along with Marina on the way to this anxious meeting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

These ranchers have also grappled with high costs for necessities like animal feed, pasture maintenance and farm labor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Some brows creased as rational minds grappled with this proof of the impossible—or at least the hitherto inconceivable.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

As the UK experiences hotter summers and more regular heatwaves, households have been grappling with how to keep sweltering homes as cool as possible.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Many companies, grappling with the affordability of goods from automobiles to prescription drugs and groceries, have looked for ways to keep a lid on costs to appeal to cash-starved consumers and get ahead of rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Whether in the U.S. or Europe, defense companies worldwide are grappling with significant backlogs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Since coups in 2020 and 2021, Mali has been led by the military, which promised to restore calm in the vast desert nation that has been grappling with a security crisis since 2012.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

She hadn’t told Klaus about her plan, because she didn’t want to give him false hope, so without waking him, she gathered up her grappling hook and tiptoed out of the room.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket