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Recent Examples of jostling
Both sides are now jostling for control of Jubaland’s northern Gedo region.
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Omar S Mahmood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The launch of Atlas puts OpenAI in direct competition with rivals like Google and Perplexity AI, which are jostling to attract users and win market share with their own browser offerings.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, much of the rest of the city’s political class is jostling for position around him.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
Omar S Mahmood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The launch of Atlas puts OpenAI in direct competition with rivals like Google and Perplexity AI, which are jostling to attract users and win market share with their own browser offerings.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, much of the rest of the city’s political class is jostling for position around him.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostling
Verb
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And Italy’s Serie A is still pushing for approval to move Milan’s match against Como to Perth, Australia, in February.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Half of his power lies in his ability to explore outside the mold, pushing through reggaetón into dancehall and Latin trap without losing command of the audience.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Down 38-14 early in the fourth quarter, Texas staged one of the college football season’s more improbable rallies Saturday, scoring 31 unanswered points and squeezing past Mississippi State 45-38 in overtime.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic’s steep terrain will force air upward, wringing out more moisture from the storm, just like squeezing a wet sponge, turning tropical humidity into torrents racing downhill.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Jostling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostling. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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