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as in to push
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
I had to keep shoving my heavy suitcase as I slowly made my way to the head of the line
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as in to press
to push steadily against with some force
quit shoving your hand in my face
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Recent Examples of shove
Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
Fox appeared to lunge at a man before shoving his campaign manager, Carlyle Bethel, the son of the former attorney general, as Bethel tried to restrain him.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
In the Game 1 loss in Denver, McDaniels delivered a two-handed shove to Nikola Jokic’s back.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The chaos began when Parasaram showed up at the home with a knife, forcing his way into the basement apartment by shoving an air conditioner out of a window, police say.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
Fox appeared to lunge at a man before shoving his campaign manager, Carlyle Bethel, the son of the former attorney general, as Bethel tried to restrain him.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Noun
League officials gave the players a talking-to in the morning and, to back it up, Krebs got tagged with a roughing minor on what seemed like routine pushing and shove after the whistle.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
In the Game 1 loss in Denver, McDaniels delivered a two-handed shove to Nikola Jokic’s back.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shove
Verb
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Its prices are pushing up airfares, baggage fees and add-on charges.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Some lawmakers also want legislation that could push back on Selig’s offensive by affirming states’ authority to rein in the platforms.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi pressed his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday to pursue a diplomatic resolution to the conflict and refrain from resuming hostilities during a meeting in Beijing.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
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In the longer term, a more active government might press these companies to make commensurable investments in the green-energy transition.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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And in recent years, a new crop of miners driven by rising gold prices have sought to return to the landscape.—
Sarah Raza,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Further, the tax disincentivizes success, weakens California’s standing as a hub for innovation, and demonizes the wealthy – all of which erode investment, drive economic activity elsewhere, and are ultimately incompatible with America’s capitalist roots.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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The software supports batch processing for tasks like converting, compressing, and encrypting multiple files at once.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
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If entry-level roles are compressed too aggressively, firms risk weakening their own talent pipelines.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Several recent deadly and serious crashes involving popular electric scooters have thrust their safety into the spotlight.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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And later, when water levels dropped, tectonics shifted, reefs grew, and the ice age locked away the planet’s water supplies into glaciers, and new faults thrust the land skyward to dry?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Shove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shove. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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