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AFP reporters witnessed residents grappling with the enormity of the disaster.

The FAA was already grappling with a shortage of air-traffic controllers before the shutdown.

Taken together, the stock market was grappling with its rosy predictions for a “Goldilocks” path through major events.

And China is the only major economy not grappling with inflation, giving its central bank plenty of cushion to put money to work in the economy, most likely largely in domestic stocks.

Rose, a former Microsoft executive, took the top job at a time WPP was grappling with a string of client losses and investor concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on its business.