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struggle

[struhg-uhl] / ˈstrʌg əl /






Usage

What are other ways to say struggle? The noun struggle, when referring to a fight or contest of any kind, implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. A brush is a brief encounter or skirmish: a brush with the law. Clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions.

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"So I gave up the armed struggle – not only the armed struggle but other kinds of struggle too, like in politics. I want to help our people in another way."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

I frequently struggle to find the right words to describe the elements weaving together the concrete and the conceptual, so I find it simpler to sum up all that as magic.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Telegram nonetheless remains deeply ingrained in Russia’s online life and soldiers at the front still struggle without using the app on the front, which has posed operational dangers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

As French firefighters struggle to contain the worst wildfires in living memory with just 12 aerial water bombers, production of the iconic aircraft creaks along half a world away in a Canadian factory.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

My hands tremble as I struggle to tuck the decades’ worth of filtration straws under the mattress in my beehive cell.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Live Nation’s stock is up 28.8% so far this year and trading at record highs, as ticket sales hold up despite concerns about consumers’ struggles with inflation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Both the Northern and Western trusts said they are exploring ways to improve the experiences women with fertility struggles will have attending their services.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Cuba moved to open crisis-ravaged parts of the state-run economy to private firms Wednesday, as the communist government struggles to ease acute shortages resulting from a US energy blockade.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

But over the years, the company has declined and faced mounting financial struggles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

He never mentioned his own struggles, but I knew they were there.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Shops remained closed, bread was in short supply and Ceuta's annual fiestas have been cancelled as Spain's North African enclave struggled to cope after thousands of migrants poured in from neighbouring Morocco.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The 59-year-old zoo, which occupies 133 acres in the northeast corner of Griffith Park, has also struggled to maintain its national accreditation, with federal regulators finding peeling paint and rust in some exhibits.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Still, the energy crisis comes as the latest setback for the economy, which has struggled to gain momentum in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Thames, which has struggled for years under billions of pounds of debt, faces being put in a form of temporary nationalisation known as a special administration regime.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Hastily we struggled into our coats and filed again through the cold corridors.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

But after a while he noticed they were moving down the beach and that his son was struggling to swim.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The dollar recovered from a six-week low following possible market intervention by Japanese officials to support the struggling Yen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Lilia, a holidaymaker from an area north of Sevastopol, said the private sector was "struggling".

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Even though she was, by all accounts, struggling to do so.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

I could see her struggling, trying to decide what to say.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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