Last week, his office had said he had grappled with "certain physical and emotional ailments for a long period of time" — a more dire, if mysterious, assessment than its initial explanation, a week before, that he was dealing with exhaustion.
Recently, we have been made aware that he has grappled with certain physical and emotional ailments privately for a long period of time.
Even the renowned Chicago Symphony grappled with financial setbacks.
In the twilight of his life, Mr. Kurokawa grappled with setbacks.
The lecture has undergone many revisions over the years as I grappled with problems discussing certain areas (e.g., rape as an adaptive strategy, gender "roles").
Should that happen, it would be a milestone for a movement that, just one decade ago, was grappling with a series of setbacks on marriage in states across the country.
As investigators and experts grapple with piecing together this puzzle, one fact is certain: none of the potential answers bode well for the future.
But there are certain fundamental issues people will have to grapple with.
It seems certain that Pope Francis, too, will have to grapple with claims and counterclaims that he should have done more in the face of external evil.
As university careers advisers, we already grapple with how and when students should disclose information which may be off-putting to certain employers.
The shift has set off a round of maneuvering and recrimination in black political circles, as black elected officials and operatives grapple with what is both a genuine diminishing of their power and a profound symbolic setback.
