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Recent Examples of jostled
On a recent call, the girls jostled over who would talk to him first during a car ride with their mother.
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Away games, school trips, and family vacations call for a travel-size scent that won’t leak as it gets jostled inside a duffel bag.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
Away’s smart compression system keeps things packed down and in place as your bag gets jostled around in transit.
—Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Anna Wintour arrived at the same time as Kylie Jenner and her posse, causing some attendees to stumble, while photographers jostled to get pictures of Emma Corrin chatting with fellow guests, including Joey King.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Away games, school trips, and family vacations call for a travel-size scent that won’t leak as it gets jostled inside a duffel bag.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
Away’s smart compression system keeps things packed down and in place as your bag gets jostled around in transit.
—Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Anna Wintour arrived at the same time as Kylie Jenner and her posse, causing some attendees to stumble, while photographers jostled to get pictures of Emma Corrin chatting with fellow guests, including Joey King.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostled
Verb
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Vesia had replaced Glasnow after a two-out walk in the top of the sixth pushed the starter’s pitch count to 99.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Changes to the college game have been pushed for the better part of three decades by NCAA coaches, to no avail.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lockdowns throttled economic activity and squeezed tax revenue, while public spending surged as governments tried to protect the most vulnerable.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Some claim younger drinkers, particularly Gen Z, are tipping less, if at all — leaving bartenders frustrated and financially squeezed.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Jostled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostled. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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