1
as in to push
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
I had to keep shoving my heavy suitcase as I slowly made my way to the head of the line
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2
as in to press
to push steadily against with some force
quit shoving your hand in my face
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Recent Examples of shove
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
An Osceola County sheriff’s deputy allegedly kicked and shoved his girlfriend to the floor Thursday after taking her cell phones during an argument, forcing her to drive to a nearby gas station to call 911.
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Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 June 2026
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
Sport mode also delivered a good amount of sound piped into the cabin, including entertaining turbo noises to accompany its hearty torque-shove Again, with the least amount of horsepower on tap.
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Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
27 May 2026
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Verb
After knocking the trash can down, the bear easily shoved its arms inside.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
An Osceola County sheriff’s deputy allegedly kicked and shoved his girlfriend to the floor Thursday after taking her cell phones during an argument, forcing her to drive to a nearby gas station to call 911.
—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 June 2026
Noun
The impact of the shove caused facial trauma and a visible nosebleed, the suit states.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
Sport mode also delivered a good amount of sound piped into the cabin, including entertaining turbo noises to accompany its hearty torque-shove Again, with the least amount of horsepower on tap.
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Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
27 May 2026
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That lawsuit, in part, accuses City Attorney Miko Brown of pushing airport officials to investigate a charter airline's safety record -- not because of genuine safety concerns, but to create legal cover for a city council vote that put $90 million in federal grant money at risk.
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Regulatory scrutiny is also pushing the conversation.
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Neither team has pressed forward with much conviction in the first 15 minutes, and after some back-and-forth passing on the back line of the Netherlands' defense, boos could be heard from restless spectators in Monterrey.
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The man didn’t catch Serena’s contemptuous expression, however, too busy peeling bills from a money clip and pressing them into his date’s hand.
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The abnormal heat has been driven by the onset of El Niño, a natural climate pattern characterized by unusually warm waters along the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Congestion is difficult to predict, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic, when driving behavior shifted and peak traffic hours spread out instead of sticking to the more uniform 9-to-5 workday.
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Mirza built a single-entry-point platform that helps workers navigate childcare subsidies, SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid—compressing what can be 16 separate government forms into a single process in some states.
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During the peak in 2021 and 2022, C’Ganti has said pricing between Class A, B, and C properties was compressed.
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You were thrust into the spotlight at such a young age.
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Not far from the arsenal monument, however, rests someone whose life from that time has just been thrust back into focus.
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“Shove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shove. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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