grapple
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On Monday, Cuba’s entire power grid crashed as the government grappled with fuel shortages and obsolete power plants.
Both L.A. and S.F. have grappled with keeping stores and restaurants in their business districts since the pandemic emptied office buildings.
From Los Angeles Times
The book cover trend, imbued with nostalgia for childhood, promises fiction that grapples with the pangs of adulthood in an age of precarity.
From Los Angeles Times
And by midday, stocks’ early gains gave way to losses as investors grappled with the uncertainty of the conflict.
More than 20 lawsuits are underway around the country as courts grapple with whether event contracts that pay out when a team wins should be considered sports gambling subject to state regulation.
From Barron's
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