grapple
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Still, the travel industry is starting to grapple with AI agents and the role they could eventually play in planning trips for customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
It comes as ministers grapple with how to respond to a predicted surge in energy prices in January, expected to mark the biggest rise in bills for four years.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Soaring grocery bills have left Japanese households less room to spend on other purchases, from dining out to clothing, even as these businesses grapple with rising labour and material costs of their own.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Halloween candy sales have also gotten off to a slower start this year as Americans grapple with higher prices, the same report noted, with sales down 6.7% in the month ending Oct.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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The latest figures mark a significant milestone as China grapples with an ageing population that could have implications for families, pensions and healthcare spending, analysts say.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
As the L.A. area grapples with an affordability crisis, local governments have a tightrope to walk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Japan has registered a record number of foreigners living in the country this year despite growing anti-immigration sentiment, as the country grapples with problems caused by an ageing and shrinking population.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Hunt Transport Services is looking to raise prices as it grapples with a steep increase in costs, the Journal’s Elias Schisgall writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
As they drew near enough to use their grapples, the captain mounted the rail.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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The services sector expanded in October, according to the Institute for Supply Management, even as companies grappled with stubbornly high costs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Muir was pinged as the experienced Hope Rogers grappled for set-piece supremacy.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Meta has long grappled with data privacy lawsuits and complaints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
In recent weeks, professional money managers have grappled with a punishing bond selloff, rising fuel costs and a stock-market rally that is increasingly dependent on a handful of tech stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
She grappled briefly with Bloomberg, trying to coerce him into a docile lap-cat’s repose.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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Communities were also grappling with "declining birth rates that are emptying villages," and the unequal distribution of the land's resources, Leo said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
At 82, Lauder is still grappling with how to let it go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
But there are also a long list of challenges: grappling with worst-in-the-nation unemployment, solving an unrivaled housing shortage, and preparing for and responding to seemingly endless fires and floods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Along with new rules about who can enroll in ACA plans in 2027, Americans are also grappling with the rising cost of living.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
When I fall into the life of someone grappling, I have to mirror their strength, and sometimes surpass it, because I am less prepared.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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