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Recent Examples of jostled
Both Robinson and McBride were net-rating kings for the Knicks last season — McBride during the regular season and Robinson in the playoffs — but neither jostled through many lineups.
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New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Another bone-breaking moment comes during hitting drills, and as players smack each other, Tipping flips to an X-ray view that shows the brain and other internal parts of bodies being jostled around in shocking fashion.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Media crews jostled for position outside the courthouse as Justice Christopher Beale took his seat in front of a camera inside Court 4 to deliver Patterson’s sentence.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
In footage from the May episode, McIver can be seen bracing herself as she is jostled among the crowd in a confusing scene outside of Delaney Hall immigration detention center in New Jersey.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
Seatbeltless, we were jostled and bounced, sometimes raising our hands to stop ourselves from hitting the metal ceiling.
—River Selby
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
One attendee, a former Canadian senator now in his 90s, told me about being pushed and jostled as police looked on.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
One demonstrator jostled with a puppet whose name-tag identified it as Barnard President Laura Rosenbury.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Its software acts like noise-canceling headphones, filtering out unwanted interference so delicate quantum sensors can remain accurate even when jostled at sea or in flight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2025
New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Another bone-breaking moment comes during hitting drills, and as players smack each other, Tipping flips to an X-ray view that shows the brain and other internal parts of bodies being jostled around in shocking fashion.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Media crews jostled for position outside the courthouse as Justice Christopher Beale took his seat in front of a camera inside Court 4 to deliver Patterson’s sentence.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
In footage from the May episode, McIver can be seen bracing herself as she is jostled among the crowd in a confusing scene outside of Delaney Hall immigration detention center in New Jersey.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
Seatbeltless, we were jostled and bounced, sometimes raising our hands to stop ourselves from hitting the metal ceiling.
—River Selby
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
One attendee, a former Canadian senator now in his 90s, told me about being pushed and jostled as police looked on.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
One demonstrator jostled with a puppet whose name-tag identified it as Barnard President Laura Rosenbury.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Its software acts like noise-canceling headphones, filtering out unwanted interference so delicate quantum sensors can remain accurate even when jostled at sea or in flight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostled
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Former District 6 Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda Lopez pushed for the truck study, and current Councilwoman Gabriela Santiago-Romero has continued the effort.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rihanna has also rotated Amina Muaddi python heels this year, while brands from Jimmy Choo to Adidas have pushed snakeskin capsules.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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While ultrafast and squeezed light pulses have been separately used for transmitting data, combining them enhances both speed and security.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Jostled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostled. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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