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Recent Examples of jostled
Many of the quakes that have jostled San Ramon in recent months are so small that people living in the suburban Contra Costa County town of 85,000 didn’t feel them.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Midway through the fourth quarter, Perez and Barker jostled for position in the low post.
—David Delgado, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
The graduate student forward jostled Coach Cori Close before placing her hands together in a prayer symbol.
—Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Officials and players jostled with each other while the referee consulted the touchline screen and again when Senegal walked off.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
The right bud, if jostled, blasted a loud static into my fragile ear drum.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025
Turns out my thruaxel had been slowly jostled loose and had finally given up.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 17 Nov. 2025
Always set them in an open space with natural air circulation away from direct sunlight and heating or cooling vents, and set back from high-traffic areas where they could be knocked or jostled.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
On a recent call, the girls jostled over who would talk to him first during a car ride with their mother.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Midway through the fourth quarter, Perez and Barker jostled for position in the low post.
—David Delgado, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
The graduate student forward jostled Coach Cori Close before placing her hands together in a prayer symbol.
—Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Officials and players jostled with each other while the referee consulted the touchline screen and again when Senegal walked off.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
The right bud, if jostled, blasted a loud static into my fragile ear drum.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025
Turns out my thruaxel had been slowly jostled loose and had finally given up.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 17 Nov. 2025
Always set them in an open space with natural air circulation away from direct sunlight and heating or cooling vents, and set back from high-traffic areas where they could be knocked or jostled.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
On a recent call, the girls jostled over who would talk to him first during a car ride with their mother.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostled
Verb
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Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal title in October 2025 and pushed out of his vast home at Royal Lodge after reports of his association with Epstein hit a fever pitch.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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YouTube pushed back on addiction claims YouTube wasn’t originally part of the lawsuit; Kaley and her mother decided to add it after learning about the platform’s addictive qualities, Lanier said.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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As the continents sheared and twisted unevenly, local forces squeezed together thin ribbons of crust and popped them up like geological meerkats, isolating and slicing them off.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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Walmart had become the poster child of the big bad corporation that underpaid its workers, squeezed its suppliers and tore at the fabric of small-town America.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Jostled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostled. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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