elbowed

past tense of elbow
as in pushed
to force one's way the sort of greedy person who is always the first to elbow to the front of the buffet table at every party

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Recent Examples of elbowed Officials reviewed the Cunningham play and still left the foul on the player who got elbowed. Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 On Monday’s episode of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, a grimacing Stewart was flabbergasted at why, exactly, the president elbowed his way into a spotlight clearly not intended for him. Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 July 2026 Gray subsequently drew a foul on Clark, but elbowed her in the stomach in the process. Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 Identifying Termites Subterranean termites have thicker bodies than carpenter ants, no waistline, and their antennae are not elbowed. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026 On opening night in Seattle, Golden State forward Cecilia Zandalasini suffered her first concussion when elbowed by the Storm’s Zia Cooke. Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 Mitchell Robinson elbowed Wembanyama in the first quarter, with the big man getting a flagrant. Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 June 2026 That was the case in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals, when Wembanyama, facing unrelenting physicality from the Minnesota Timberwolves, elbowed Naz Reid in the neck. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026 The suspect allegedly shoved an officer, then kicked, punched, and elbowed others while police attempted to put him into custody. Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbowed
Verb
  • Five days before the deadline, the Digital Omnibus pushed them to December 2027.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In Congress, Republicans aimed at Fauci more frequently and pushed the unproven theory that the coronavirus was created at a lab in Wuhan, China, instead of spreading from animal to human, as Fauci believed.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Denmark is being squeezed from both sides of the NATO alliance.
    Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Space food is changing Early astronauts squeezed puréed food from tubes.
    Sundeep Venkatesan, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rhodes escaped and shoved Punk shoulder-first into the steel ring steps.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The victim, 60-year-old Shukur Aikebaer, was taken during a power outage, shoved into a Nissan Altima trunk as his wife and daughter remained inside.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Elbowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbowed. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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