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Recent Examples of jostled
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.
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 8 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
As Hien jostled for position, his arm appeared to slightly catch Nilsson, who went to ground.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
In the 15th minute of the Barcelona derby, León appeared to touch Espanyol’s Daniela Caracas in the groin area and say something as the two players jostled for position.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
The arrival of a water tanker resulted in commotion as women and children jostled to the front, large containers in hand.
—Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 8 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
As Hien jostled for position, his arm appeared to slightly catch Nilsson, who went to ground.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
In the 15th minute of the Barcelona derby, León appeared to touch Espanyol’s Daniela Caracas in the groin area and say something as the two players jostled for position.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
The arrival of a water tanker resulted in commotion as women and children jostled to the front, large containers in hand.
—Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostled
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Laura is frantic about saving Daniel after learning Cherry pushed her father from a construction site, fracturing his spine in two places.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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If verified, some researchers suggest this respite also could be a glimpse of future hurricane seasons, with the historic early-to-mid-September peak pushed back on the calendar.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At one point, Detroit squeezed 38 points out of six possessions, turning a close game into a major reality check for the Bears.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Why American farmers are feeling squeezed It's been a tough year for America's farmers.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Jostled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostled. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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