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Recent Examples of jostling
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.
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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
There’s a lot of barking, and suddenly the big fella hops onto the wood platform, sending the other pinnipeds jostling for a new spot in the sun or diving back into the water.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Four Democrats and one Republican are jostling to become one of the top two candidates to emerge from the June 2 primary.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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
There’s a lot of barking, and suddenly the big fella hops onto the wood platform, sending the other pinnipeds jostling for a new spot in the sun or diving back into the water.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Four Democrats and one Republican are jostling to become one of the top two candidates to emerge from the June 2 primary.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostling
Verb
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White portrayed it as the natural result of two highly competitive personalities pushing each other.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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While training large models requires mass amounts of parallel math — excellent work for a GPU — accessing that data and pushing it out to multiple agents requires more general compute offered by a CPU.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Carting around unhappy campers in 100-degree weather and squeezing work into a shorter window is not exactly being poolside with a marg.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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The defense is disciplined, squeezing pressure from its trio of wings.—
Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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“Jostling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostling. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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