struggle

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struggle (plural struggles)

1. strife, contention, great effort

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to struggle (third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)

1. to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

   During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.

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