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to grap·ple

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  1. to grapple

    To hook with a grapnel; to lay hold of. First used by Duilius to prevent the escape of the Carthaginians.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of to grapple in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of to grapple in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of to grapple in a Sentence

  1. Richard Feynman:

    We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.

  2. Mark Warner:

    The rapid and wide-scale dissemination of this hateful content — live-streamed on Facebook, uploaded on YouTube and amplified on Reddit — shows how easily the largest platforms can still be misused. It is ever clearer that YouTube, in particular, has yet to grapple with the role it has played in facilitating radicalization and recruitment.

  3. Oprah Winfrey:

    She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truth-teller, she was a magician with language, who understood the Power of words. She used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend them.

  4. Stuart Plesser:

    They've got two opposing dynamics, and they have to grapple with that and figure out who could trade this debt, particularly at times of stress.

  5. Vikram Singh:

    We are( a) team of Dalit women and not all of us are equipped with digital means of communication. This whole webinar sh * t and online meetings were an added burden, however( the) only good that we see in this phase is that our women learnt to use technology and attempted to grapple with new normal.

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