struggle

verb1 of 2

to try very hard to do something difficult

• “It was a difficult time, but we struggled through it.”Tatoeba
• “Mark is struggling to connect with people in the office.”Tatoeba

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noun2 of 2

A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.