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Struggles to absorb foreign rite's truths (8)

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I believe the answer is:

verities

'truths' is the definition.
(I know this)

'struggles to absorb foreign rite's' is the wordplay.
'struggles' becomes 'vies' (to vie is to struggle or contend with).
'to absorb' is an insertion indicator.
'foreign' indicates an anagram (foreign order of the letters).
'rite' anagrammed gives 'erit'.
'vies' going around 'erit' is 'VERITIES'.

(Another definition for verities that I've seen is " Fundamental truths".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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