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Recent Examples of jostling
The breadline had grown longer, and young men were jostling to secure a place.
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Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Alliances feel shakier, trade is fragmenting, and great powers are jostling more openly.
—Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
On the two Adams catches, Witherspoon fell while jostling with the receiver.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
In December 2004 astronomers were shocked when a huge blast of energy swept over Earth, jostling our planet’s magnetic field and increasing the ionization of its atmosphere.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
There was shoving and jostling.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
His successors are already jostling one another.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
Candidates jostling to succeed Gavin Newsom as the governor of California are being forced to walk a fine line between acknowledging voter frustration, while avoiding direct criticism of a man who could dominate national Democratic politics for the next decade.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2026
Video showed officers in riot gear pushing forward as agitators crowded the street, leading to shoving and jostling during the nighttime confrontation.
—Michael Dorgan , Alexandra Koch , Bill Melugin , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Alliances feel shakier, trade is fragmenting, and great powers are jostling more openly.
—Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
On the two Adams catches, Witherspoon fell while jostling with the receiver.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
In December 2004 astronomers were shocked when a huge blast of energy swept over Earth, jostling our planet’s magnetic field and increasing the ionization of its atmosphere.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
There was shoving and jostling.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
His successors are already jostling one another.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
Candidates jostling to succeed Gavin Newsom as the governor of California are being forced to walk a fine line between acknowledging voter frustration, while avoiding direct criticism of a man who could dominate national Democratic politics for the next decade.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2026
Video showed officers in riot gear pushing forward as agitators crowded the street, leading to shoving and jostling during the nighttime confrontation.
—Michael Dorgan , Alexandra Koch , Bill Melugin , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostling
Verb
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European officials want urgent clarity on the matter, however, and French officials appeared to be pushing for the EU to consider using its Anti-Coercion Instrument, or ACI, as a retaliatory measure, if necessary.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Environmental advocates opposed relying on voluntary agreements as the plan’s primary pathway, instead pushing for firm, enforceable minimum flow standards, while water agencies continued to support the voluntary approach.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The fall was aided by the cooling prices of gasoline, eggs, and beef, but rising costs for consumer goods like apparel, computers, and airfares suggest tariffs are still squeezing household budgets.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Instead, 2026 is about building both stylish and sensible outfits that can take you from the airport to the streets with maximum versatility without ever squeezing into tight, form-fitting fabric.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Jostling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostling. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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