Thesaurus results for SHOVED

shoved

verb

past tense of shove

as in pushed

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 pressed

to push steadily against with some force quit shoving your hand in my face

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Recent Examples of shoved During the first half, Knicks All-Star guard Jalen Brunson was trying to guard Wembanyama near the free throw line when the 7-foot-4 center put his hand on the back of Brunson’s head and shoved him to the court. —

Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026 Back in February, just two blocks from where Monday’s victim was attacked, an 88-year-old woman was shoved to the ground and robbed of her cane, cops said. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026 Instead, according to a video of the incident, a campaign staffer repeatedly shoved a pastry into the camera as the tracker pressed the question. —

Caroline McCaughey, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026 Trump has largely shoved that group aside for a new one, run by his allies, Freedom 250. —

ABC News, 31 May 2026 Lynch tried to drag Jessika Carr into harm’s way, and shoved her into the ropes, causing Ruca to trip. —

Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Surveillance video showed the rabbi being shoved into the alcove of building and choked. —

Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 At one point, one of the men shoved our photojournalist. —

Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 28 May 2026 There was bound to be some regression, and shoved into a closer’s role after the injury to Estevez, there was likely to be some exposure, too. —

Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026

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The game finished 1-0 but FIFA ordered the whole match to be replayed (Uzbekistan pushed for an automatic 3-0 win, or at the very least to restart play from the 38th minute, when the penalty incident occurred, and with them a goal up).

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Walz pushed back against claims during a Capitol Hill hearing in March.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 9 June 2026