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Meanings of grapple in inglés

portugués
luta
catalán
lluita lliure
español
confrontación

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat.

confrontación
español
excavadora de almeja

A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.

excavadora de almeja
portugués
agarrar
español
asir

To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match.

asir

A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.

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Examples for "grip"
Examples for "grip"
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But COVID-19's greatest grip is on the smaller nations of Eastern Europe.
News.com.au
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The new team will need time to consolidate its grip on power.
Reuters
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He called on central government to take a grip of the situation.
The Guardian
4
Ace High said nothing; simply tightened his grip on Heck's thrashing arm.
The stand
5
Hand grip strength Dynamometer was used to measure the hand grip strength.
Pubmed
Usage of grapple in inglés
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Still, the new government will have to grapple with tough economic problems.
Reuters
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Unclear things glide and grapple rocks, pulling their way through the water.
The Scar
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Grant and Lee were locked in their death grapple in the Wilderness.
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
4
The crafty antagonists grapple in every cunning of the art of war.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
5
And now people grapple with them in a different way, maybe online.
The Guardian
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I'll bring her in alongside a free nipple and we'll grapple in.
The truth of valor
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That lesson appears one that New Zealand still has to grapple with.
Radio NZ
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When you don't know how to grapple you don't stand a chance.
The Guardian
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I will grapple with Fate; it shall not quite bear me down.
Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
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But rather we would wish you wasn't to insist to a grapple.
A singular man
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He now proceeds to grapple with the real difficulty of the question.
The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bul...
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Prospective investors will also have to grapple with factors beyond their control.
Reuters
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Analysts grapple with uncertainty over how the Vision Fund values its portfolio.
Reuters
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Families had to grapple with choosing between bath time or the boardroom.
BBC
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Many grapple with unpaid bills, overdue home loans, school and tuition fees.
Reuters
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Perhaps he was looking for the hard grip of the next grapple.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
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Translations for grapple
Grapple through the time
Grapple across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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