To grapple with

To grapple with something is to try to understand a difficult situation or solve a hard problem.

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America is grappling with an opioid crisis. To grapple with something is to try to understand a difficult situation or solve a hard problem. Individuals are grappling with addictions to drugs. Courts are grappling with a backlog of cases. Now, doctors are grappling with new regulations designed to control the crisis.

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