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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Recent Examples of jostles Little Death jostles the spear, satisfied, and carves a fifteenth notch into the wall. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026 On sunny days, when Manhattanites swap scorching sidewalks for the cool exhale of a sea breeze, the beachfront jostles. — Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026 Lukas Kubis, wearing the Slovakian national champion’s jersey, visibly jostles his way forward in an attempt to return Groenewegen to the front. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 May 2026 The positive is that competition has proven to provide better products and services as each company jostles to improve their offerings. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026 In Ross’ video, the shooting is not visible, but the shots are heard as the phone camera in his hand jostles further and then faces the house behind Ross. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
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  • The company reincorporated from Delaware to Texas in 2024, and its charter pushes shareholder claims into mandatory arbitration and limits derivative suits to investors holding at least 3% of the stock—a stake worth tens of billions of dollars.
    — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • North Korea has been adding mines, barbed wire fences, anti-tank barriers and other fortifications to what’s already one of the world’s most heavily armed borders as Kim Jong Un pushes a hard line toward Seoul.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • But the strain extends across the Global South, where developing nations struggle with a prolonged energy crisis that disproportionately squeezes the planet’s most deprived.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Meta squeezes two independent light-guiding cores into a single standard glass strand to double its bandwidth.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

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“Jostles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostles. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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