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Recent Examples of elbow
Taneja’s outsider status was apparent when he was elbowed out of an early Snap investment by Valley vets.
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Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The Day of the Jackal and The Agency, by contrast, feel like studios elbowing back (via Peacock and Showtime/Paramount+).
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 May 2025
The centralized placement also helps to keep shoulders relaxed and elbows in.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
From the final moments of O’Neil’s tenure, when defeat at home by Ipswich Town prompted a post-match meltdown that included Cunha elbowing a member of Ipswich’s staff then ripping his glasses from his face, the highly emotional forward never seemed far from implosion.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The Day of the Jackal and The Agency, by contrast, feel like studios elbowing back (via Peacock and Showtime/Paramount+).
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 May 2025
The centralized placement also helps to keep shoulders relaxed and elbows in.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
From the final moments of O’Neil’s tenure, when defeat at home by Ipswich Town prompted a post-match meltdown that included Cunha elbowing a member of Ipswich’s staff then ripping his glasses from his face, the highly emotional forward never seemed far from implosion.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbow
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Video footage from the incident showed Padilla pushed to the ground and handcuffed outside the door while attempting to speak to Noem during the conference.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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On Tuesday, staffers of the agency issued a statement to push for Corrêa's resignation.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
Verb
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Despite remaining hugely cash-generative at the operating level, outgoings on player transfers, loan interest and the £50million investment at the Carrington training ground have squeezed their ability to spend quite so readily as in the past.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Team-building is not about squeezing sufficient value out of every single contract or assembling a roster of yes men.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 June 2025
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The proposal to underground the transmission line would force them to shoulder over half a billion dollars in additional costs, with no tangible benefit to reliability, safety, or performance.—
Barry Lee Cohen,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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The investment in staging a race is significant thanks to construction and safety costs; they are largely shouldered by local promoters, who can be hard to find.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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“Elbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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