struggle
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Herbert continued to struggle, increasing his league-leading interception total to 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Although doctors have more treatment options than ever, many people still struggle to lower their cholesterol to safe levels.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
As this technology accelerates its own evolution, the risk is that we struggle to keep pace and keep it under control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
"Although we carry this uniqueness, we also know the struggle of how it has been to find our way in life and to live life in this unique way," said Akhtar.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
As the hard frosts grew less reliable, the planes continued to struggle to take off out of the mud.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Bushby said only about 15 of the 28 years were spent walking, with struggles obtaining visas, the 2007 global economic crash and Covid blamed for delays.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Humans’ ability to feel pain and pleasure allows us to make progress and expand rights through abolitionist struggles, and to expand our moral circle to other biological species such as animal based on their suffering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Learning I was autistic was like a massive unlock that explained so many of my past struggles and ongoing challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Corona Garza struggles to stand for long periods of time and can’t see very well out of her left eye.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
To the contrary, these attitudes and arguments have their roots in the struggles to end slavery and Jim Crow.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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As of Friday the would-be chair and a top private equity lawyer, Ramona Nee, was in talks to join Kirkland & Ellis, a massive rival with which Weil had struggled to compete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
As my colleague Aymann Ismail has reported, El-Sayed has struggled to convince some core Democratic constituencies, including Black Michiganders, that he will improve their lives.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Steep losses in New York saw the Nasdaq end almost three percent down, and Asian tech also struggled at the start of this week.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Although the mayor was back in L.A. the following day, she struggled to regain her footing during the televised wildfire updates that aired live before an anxious public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
In the chill of an empty classroom in which no one had bothered to light the hearth, the young governess babbled on and on, while Baroness Hoover struggled to stay awake.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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It doesn’t capture the fact that your reader and your viewer and your listener are shocked and possibly outraged and really struggling with what’s going on.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
The IMF says that while garment manufacturing has created jobs and helped reduce poverty, Bangladesh is struggling to generate enough skilled, higher-paid employment, particularly for young people.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Some Americans are genuinely struggling, and we should keep trying to improve the areas where the country is falling short.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
Frank Lampard's Coventry City lift themselves out of the relegation zone after beating struggling Sunderland, who remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The four of them made their way up, Molly pulling up a still-restless Anat, who was struggling with an overwhelming desire to tear into Boaz.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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