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Recent Examples of jostle
This offseason has been no different, as the Broncos jostle in the free-agency arms race to establish themselves as serious contenders in 2025.
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Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
During one incursion, Ayyub hid in a house and peered out as a crowd of some sixty men jostled outside.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
After officials told Green to lay off the physicality – and the veteran big vociferously argued – the two went right back to jostling.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
This tug-of-war causes layers of rock beneath Io’s surface to jostle and heat up, melting solid rock into magma.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
During one incursion, Ayyub hid in a house and peered out as a crowd of some sixty men jostled outside.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
After officials told Green to lay off the physicality – and the veteran big vociferously argued – the two went right back to jostling.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
This tug-of-war causes layers of rock beneath Io’s surface to jostle and heat up, melting solid rock into magma.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostle
Verb
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That is a false narrative that Republicans have been pushing for years now.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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House Speaker Mike Johnson must reconcile demands from conservatives pushing for deeper spending cuts with more moderates in swing districts voicing concerns about matters like the state and local tax (SALT) cap.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2025
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Martinez’s son squeezed the trigger five times, shooting Rivera to death and wounding two others, the detective wrote in the affidavit.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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“Jostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostle. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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