push in
phrasal verb
pushed in; pushing in; pushes in
British
: to move in front of other people who are waiting in a line
He pushed in at the head of the queue.
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Florida then made its push in the third after coach Paul Maurice made changes to his top three forward lines — putting Verhaeghe with Barkov and Reinhart, moving Vladimir Tarasenko to a line with Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen, and having Sam Bennett centered Evan Rodrigues and Matthew Tkachuk.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 May 2024
Much of the hostility has centered around a divisive bill the government is pushing in Parliament that would give it control over the public broadcaster.
—Sara Cincurova, New York Times, 23 May 2024
The weather service is also keeping an eye on another storm front pushing in from the west, forming a line along San Angelo.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
Some Francophile cinema fans keep hoping that Audiard while make another searing drama like A Prophet or Rust and Bone, but any filmmaker who declines to repeat himself and instead keeps experimenting and pushing in new directions should be applauded.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
During a fundraising push in late 2023 Mosby raised $168,700, and he’s collected $111,400 since then.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
On streaming, Disney’s major push in the near term is to boost engagement in order to reduce churn.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 May 2024
By Anna Gordon May 13, 2024 10:11 AM EDT
Russian forces have seized at least nine villages amid a new push in northeastern Ukraine that began on Friday, the most square miles taken per day since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 13 May 2024
Stack Overflow made a big hiring push in 2022, but the company laid off 28 percent of its employees in October.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 6 May 2024
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 May 2024
Much of the hostility has centered around a divisive bill the government is pushing in Parliament that would give it control over the public broadcaster.
—Sara Cincurova, New York Times, 23 May 2024
The weather service is also keeping an eye on another storm front pushing in from the west, forming a line along San Angelo.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
Some Francophile cinema fans keep hoping that Audiard while make another searing drama like A Prophet or Rust and Bone, but any filmmaker who declines to repeat himself and instead keeps experimenting and pushing in new directions should be applauded.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
During a fundraising push in late 2023 Mosby raised $168,700, and he’s collected $111,400 since then.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
On streaming, Disney’s major push in the near term is to boost engagement in order to reduce churn.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 May 2024
By Anna Gordon May 13, 2024 10:11 AM EDT
Russian forces have seized at least nine villages amid a new push in northeastern Ukraine that began on Friday, the most square miles taken per day since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 13 May 2024
Stack Overflow made a big hiring push in 2022, but the company laid off 28 percent of its employees in October.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 6 May 2024
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