: a sport or contest in which two unarmed individuals struggle hand to hand with each attempting to subdue or unbalance the other
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My favorite sport is wrestling.
He was on the wrestling team in high school.
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This brutal encounter, ending in Hart's victory over a bloodied Austin, is a timeless classic and a testament to the storytelling within professional wrestling.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Victor loved watching professional wrestling, eating fries and taking walks while holding his mother’s hand, Vazquez said.
—Martha Bellisle and Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
Available Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20, these drinks are as extra as the wrestling legends they’re inspired by.
—Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
This brutal encounter, ending in Hart's victory over a bloodied Austin, is a timeless classic and a testament to the storytelling within professional wrestling.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Victor loved watching professional wrestling, eating fries and taking walks while holding his mother’s hand, Vazquez said.
—Martha Bellisle and Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrestling. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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wrestling
noun
wres·tling
ˈres-liŋ 
: the sport in which two contestants wrestle each other
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