grapple

Teacher retention is a challenge successive governments have had to grapple with.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Nearly all are requiring ethics courses along the way — as educators continue to grapple with cheating and with fears that heavy AI use will erode critical thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Mr. Bessent’s move is the first—clumsy and likely ineffective—attempt by a politician to grapple with the implications of interest rates that are allowed to rise in line with economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Whenever she cracked one system, more challenging ones rose to take its place—and day after day, she was forced to grapple with them alone.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Air India has appointed a new chief executive as the airline grapples with mounting challenges, including heavy financial losses and the fallout from last year's crash that killed 260 people.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

As Greece grapples with a succession of massive wildfires, Theodore Giannaros, a senior wildfire meteorologist at the National Observatory told AFP on Monday the country faced "one of the worst fire crises" in recent memory.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Blue Owl Capital is aggressively emphasizing its transition to a multi-strategy alternative assets manager as it grapples with investor withdrawals from some of its direct-lending vehicles and investments in software businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Jordan grapples with questions similar to those facing its gulf neighbors, all of which rely on the U.S. security umbrella that has exposed their nations to Iranian attack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

As they drew near enough to use their grapples, the captain mounted the rail.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

In 2024, Medford High School in Boston grappled with chronic absenteeism.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Court security officers have grappled with dozens of people trying to secure a seat inside 10C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The revelation came as the country grappled with whistleblower Edward Snowden’s leaks exposing the vast reach of the agency’s surveillance.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Again Machado Garry survived until the end of the round and although he found some success with a number of kicks midway through the fight, Makhachev continued to assert control when the pair grappled.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

A new subspecialty was emerging as scientists grappled with the onslaught of new devices.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

I’ve been grappling with it, but I’m trying to be really intentional with my energy and where I put it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Some retailers began abandoning certain product lines after grappling with product shortages and overstocks during the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

How a trendy Canadian retailer is grappling with Trump’s tariffs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

The last time India imported sugar for domestic consumption was nearly a decade ago, when the country was grappling with drought.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

She threw her first javelin in grappling hook mode, knocking away a lead-weighted net that would have entangled us both.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan