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Recent Examples of jostle
Videos show them getting jostled and pushed in the scrum.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
And their journey through Mecklenburg County Superior Court jostled them more.
—Julia Coin
updated July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2025
Hopkins was jostling with Nate Wiggins, and his hand appeared to get stuck in the area of the cornerback’s face mask.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Some instruments were not in their standard positions, and these were not buttons that could be jostled out of place by an explosion: They were made to be handled by human fingers, which is apparently what happened after the blast.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
And their journey through Mecklenburg County Superior Court jostled them more.
—Julia Coin
updated July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2025
Hopkins was jostling with Nate Wiggins, and his hand appeared to get stuck in the area of the cornerback’s face mask.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Some instruments were not in their standard positions, and these were not buttons that could be jostled out of place by an explosion: They were made to be handled by human fingers, which is apparently what happened after the blast.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostle
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Washington has sent Kyiv more than $66 billion in weapons; enacted a list of sanctions on the Russian economy; and helped the G-7 push through an unprecedented price-cap scheme meant to limit Russian oil revenues—all in the hope Moscow would sue for peace.—
Daniel DePetris,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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Whoever learns fastest wins, and the game is now all about pushing the limits of how fast organization can learn.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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To squeeze all this into exactly 100 days between Wrexham staging a promotion party after last season had ended and Tuesday’s cup tie against Hull is impressive.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Ewers was impressive finding A.J. Henning on one throw and squeezed a pass into a tight window to running back Ollie Gordon II.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Jostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostle. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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