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    • struggle :an energetic attempt to achieve something
      • getting through the crowd was a real struggle|he fought a battle for recognition

    • struggle :make a strenuous or labored effort
      • She struggled for years to survive without welfare|He fought for breath

    • struggle :an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
      • the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph|police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs

    • struggle :to exert strenuous effort against opposition
      • he struggled to get free from the rope

    • struggle :strenuous effort
      • the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her

    • struggle :be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
      • the tribesmen fought each other|Siblings are always fighting|Militant groups are contending for control of the country

    • struggle :climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

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