jockey for position

idiom

: to try to get into a better place
The cars jockeyed for position in the first lap of the race.

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As manufacturers, payers, and PBMs jockey for position, the patient sits uncomfortably in the middle. Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 This design makes for a lot of tense moments as players use up their items and jockey for position at the end of each section cutoff. ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025 Chase Claypool remains sidelined while WRs jockey for position With Shavers making a name for himself in camp, the door is wide open for all other entrants in the race for the fifth and sixth wide receiver spots. Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024 Realism assumes that in world politics, nothing is ever truly settled; countries ceaselessly jockey for position and advantage. Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jockey for position

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“Jockey for position.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jockey%20for%20position. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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