Thesaurus results for JOSTLING

jostling

verb

present participle of jostle

as in pushing

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 jostling Of the several candidates jostling for the role, only two — regardless of their party — will advance from the primary to the general election. —

Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 Brindley and Hughes could be part of a group of young players jostling for a spot on the Avs roster next season. —

Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 1 June 2026 With this in mind, researchers ran some simulations to explore how all that jostling for position might have affected the moons of Jupiter and Uranus in particular — and the results suggest that these two planets' moons only survived that tumultuous time because of a giant planet that didn't. —

Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 29 May 2026 People are jostling to replace Keir Starmer. —

Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026 Companies are jostling for an AI stock bump. —

Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 14 May 2026 Meanwhile, Netflix and YouTube are said to be jostling for the a few of the games the league reabsorbed following ESPN’s acquisition of NFL Network, and with the NFL schedule set to be released on Thursday night, an agreement is expected to be reached within the next few days. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026 The argon’s jostling atoms will release electrons when, all too rarely, they’re pummeled by passing neutrinos, creating a signal that physicists can detect. —

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026 Tech companies have been jostling for that money. —

Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 1 May 2026

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Airbus Helicopters has revealed a new autonomous aircraft based on its popular H145 platform, pushing the company deeper into the growing market for large uncrewed rotorcraft.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
In practice, staff can keep administrative windows or sensitive data securely on their side while pushing relevant content – like check-in forms, digital signatures, or purchase breakdowns – directly to the client.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 June 2026