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Recent Examples of jostle
Both sides are now jostling for control of Jubaland’s northern Gedo region.
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Omar S Mahmood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
This is stylish and practical but not secure if placed where the glasses might get jostled.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
On a recent call, the girls jostled over who would talk to him first during a car ride with their mother.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, much of the rest of the city’s political class is jostling for position around him.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Omar S Mahmood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
This is stylish and practical but not secure if placed where the glasses might get jostled.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
On a recent call, the girls jostled over who would talk to him first during a car ride with their mother.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, much of the rest of the city’s political class is jostling for position around him.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostle
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Altria The parent company of tobacco brand Marlboro and one of the country’s largest tobacco firms has pushed for less FDA oversight of e-cigarettes.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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As Lloyd Kelly passes to Andrea Cambiaso, Valverde pushes up from right-back while Jude Bellingham and Tchouameni track Teun Koopmeiners and Khephren Thuram.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The polls had him on top for months, and his decision to focus his mayoral campaign on cost-of-living issues proved to be the right one in a city where residents are increasingly squeezed between growing rents and ever costlier public services.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Aid is declining and rising debt is squeezing public budgets.—
Obiageli Ezekwesili,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Jostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostle. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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