Definition of "grapples" []

• Plural form of grapple. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grapple. (verb)

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• "Here he was already locked in grapples with the great Guggenhammers, and winning, fiercely winning."
• "And as Sith commander Yaru Korsin grapples with the looming loss of the paradise he rules and the race his people have come to depend upon, he must confront the dark possibility that the catastrophe may not be cruel fate but insidious sabotage."
• "Roberts: McCain grapples with major fundraising challenge"