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  • noun Plural form of struggler.

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Examples

  • He said small business people are not to be seen as 'strugglers'.

    Jamaica Information Service 2009

  • Overnight, these "strugglers" began to strike poses, mouth hi-fallutin 'platitudes, superciliously talk about how they were now a part of international cinema, and of course, trashing the mainstream product, Bollywood.

    LittleIndia.com Largest Circulated Indian Magazine In USA 2008

  • Thomas Steinbeck shares with his father an empathy for strugglers, for life's long sufferers who prevail through courage or die trying.

    In the Shadow of the Cypress by Thomas Steinbeck: Book summary 2010

  • Yet keeping Barton out of trouble may prove to be an equally challenging task for Warnock as keeping QPR in the Premier League; that task highlighted by Saturday's disappointing defeat against the perennial strugglers of Wigan.

    QPR need Joey Barton to deliver after Wigan defeat, says Neil Warnock 2011

  • At the bottom, Scunthorpe boosted their survival hopes as they came from behind to snatch a 3-2 win over fellow strugglers Sheffield United at Glanford Park.

    Aaron Ramsey strikes to help Cardiff end Leicester's unbeaten run 2011

  • But two of the principle strugglers will meet on Tuesday in a League Cup semifinal that offers a rare chance of glory for a couple of this season's biggest disappointments.

    Tip of the Day 2011

  • Neil Warnock, however, has never cared much for convention, so candidly admitted to being "pleased" that League One strugglers Rochdale ousted his Queen's Park Rangers side from the Carling Cup.

    QPR 0-2 Rochdale | Carling Cup match report 2011

  • Ah, he says, that is very good of our brave strugglers, the reckless criminal little Bush will not escape the wrath of Allah, though he hide his forces within the shifting winds.

    the winds eamon byrne 2011

  • Valencia won away to Mallorca in La Liga, while Schalke suffered a 1-0 defeat to Bundesliga strugglers Stuttgart.

    Tip of the Day 2011

  • The latest was rather harsh, with even Alan Pardew, Newcastle United's manager, admitting that the Premier League strugglers were "faster and crisper", and Yohan Cabaye, scorer of the superlative 81st-minute winner, conceded the Tynesiders had been "lucky".

    Roberto Martínez sticks to his guns after being disarmed by Newcastle 2011

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