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Recent Examples of jostling
African tech entrepreneurs are jostling to offer digital financial services to the millions of Africans who live outside the continent and frequently transfer money back home.
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
As Ali stopped to address the crowd and the cameras, a disturbance broke out between the jostling spectators and the soldiers.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
The shutdown of major subduction zones would mean that the Earth’s tectonic plates stop clashing and jostling about.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
On weekends, a line forms before Poulette opens, with people jostling for the best possible position to score the day’s bakes.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
But competition is fierce, and Oracle is jostling with other cloud providers like Microsoft, Amazon and Google for customers.
—Ashley Capoot,chris Eudaily, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Imagine the regenerative effect of an EV yet built with the centuries-old standards of finishing, and jostling for attention with a Mandala-like enamel dial.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Ralf Rangnick's men are jostling with Bosnia & Herzegovina for early dominion in Group H and travel to face the Dragons on Tuesday in a crucial clash.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Make sure to spend some time in Sussex, home to the glorious South Downs, as well as a raft of new vineyards producing sparkling wine that’s jostling for attention alongside champagne, like Rathfinny and Nyetimber.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
As Ali stopped to address the crowd and the cameras, a disturbance broke out between the jostling spectators and the soldiers.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
The shutdown of major subduction zones would mean that the Earth’s tectonic plates stop clashing and jostling about.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
On weekends, a line forms before Poulette opens, with people jostling for the best possible position to score the day’s bakes.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
But competition is fierce, and Oracle is jostling with other cloud providers like Microsoft, Amazon and Google for customers.
—Ashley Capoot,chris Eudaily, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Imagine the regenerative effect of an EV yet built with the centuries-old standards of finishing, and jostling for attention with a Mandala-like enamel dial.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Ralf Rangnick's men are jostling with Bosnia & Herzegovina for early dominion in Group H and travel to face the Dragons on Tuesday in a crucial clash.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Make sure to spend some time in Sussex, home to the glorious South Downs, as well as a raft of new vineyards producing sparkling wine that’s jostling for attention alongside champagne, like Rathfinny and Nyetimber.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostling
Verb
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Keeping his foot on the gas also means pushing ahead with reforms.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Undocumented immigrants are not legally eligible for the health subsidies Democrats are pushing for in the negotiations.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But, to do you any good, squeezing the veins must propel the blood in the right direction, toward the heart.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The earbuds are controlled by squeezing the stem.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Jostling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostling. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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