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rassling

verb

present participle of rassle

as in wrestling

to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery the boys would rassle and roughhouse for hours on end

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The bystander followed the 16-year-old gunman and shot him as another teacher was wrestling with him over the weapon, according to police.

— Tom Winter, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Inside the school Giamanco saw a woman wrestling with the boy for control of the shotgun.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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