as in to push
to force one's way everyone glared at the man who jostled to the front of the line

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Recent Examples on the Web Automatically, the jostling kids (mostly non-professionals delivering effortless naturalism) arrange themselves in order of size at the stout table around which so much of this family’s life is centered. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024 The video, which was posted on the same platform, which is often described as China’s Instagram, showed the couple taunting, using vulgar hand gestures, and jostling the chair of a female passenger who reclined her seat on a 14-hour flight from Hong Kong to London. Monica Pitrelli,serenitie Wang, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024 Samara doesn’t understand how the crate continues to sway or what’s jostling the bush. Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024 The 13 active hurlers are also jostling for prominent roles in Dave Roberts’ postseason script. Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jostle 

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“Jostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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