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Common collocations with struggle in American Collocation

struggle verb intransitive

US /ˈstrʌɡ(ə)l/

with great effort

bravely
frantically
furiously
gamely
hard
heroically
manfully
mightily
valiantly

For some time he struggled valiantly to find a new backer.

with little chance of success

desperately
unsuccessfully
vainly

For the last decade we have been desperately struggling to overcome a crisis of identity and reputation.

adversity
capitalism
imperialism
injustice
the odds
oppression
poverty
racism

It’s a story of a working-class hero struggling against the odds to escape from the harsh reality of his surroundings.

democracy
freedom
independence
justice
liberation
recognition
survival

The people are all struggling for survival and dignity.