: a sport or contest in which two unarmed individuals struggle hand to hand with each attempting to subdue or unbalance the other
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My favorite sport is wrestling.
He was on the wrestling team in high school.
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The next 30 minutes is all pillow fights, thumb wrestling, rock, paper scissors and apple slices.
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Michelle Buteau, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
But Naomi, a thirtysomething friend of his parents’, has other ideas for him, as does his abusive high-school wrestling coach.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Lightweight Grant Dawson used his superb wrestling and grappling to get the unanimous-decision victory and spoil Diego Ferreira’s 40th birthday.
—Brian Martin, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
Belittled by an emotionally abusive stepfather (Bobby Cannavale) and doubted, initially, by university wrestling coach Shawn Charles (Don Cheadle) who later went on to respect and champion him, Robles’ rise reflected his unflagging determination and decency.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Buteau, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
But Naomi, a thirtysomething friend of his parents’, has other ideas for him, as does his abusive high-school wrestling coach.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Lightweight Grant Dawson used his superb wrestling and grappling to get the unanimous-decision victory and spoil Diego Ferreira’s 40th birthday.
—Brian Martin, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
Belittled by an emotionally abusive stepfather (Bobby Cannavale) and doubted, initially, by university wrestling coach Shawn Charles (Don Cheadle) who later went on to respect and champion him, Robles’ rise reflected his unflagging determination and decency.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrestling. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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wrestling
noun
wres·tling
ˈres-liŋ 
: the sport in which two contestants wrestle each other
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