jostles

present tense third-person singular of jostle
as in pushes
to force one's way everyone glared at the man who jostled to the front of the line

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  • But the new national media deal pushes the league closer to the NFL’s economic model, with central revenue playing a larger role, as the league sorts out options to centralize more TV rights.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • If Toronto pushes this series to seven games, Bieber will get the ball once again.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • And now, one such creation slithers, squeezes, and twists through the narrowest corners.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The surgeon withdraws the balloon and then squeezes the implant in through a sterile funnel before closing the incision.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Jostles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostles. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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