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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
My friends have been shoved down, tear gassed, pulled over by ICE.
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Katherine Packert Burke, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Early in the third, John Collins shoved Egor Dëmin after the rookie wrapped up Harden on a fastbreak.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Rhodes shoved a dumpster into Fatu and shoved an official for his troubles.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Next to her is a man in a brown jacket and tan pants believed to be Pretti, and next to him is the woman in brown jacket and black leggings who was shoved seconds ago.
—Kif Leswing,terri Cullen, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Why is it being shoved under the rug like this?
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Cars were also forced off the road and shoved into embankments.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
Two of the agents, including Patel, led Baraka inside the gate to a waiting car, while the other agents shoved away bystanders.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Katherine Packert Burke, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Early in the third, John Collins shoved Egor Dëmin after the rookie wrapped up Harden on a fastbreak.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Rhodes shoved a dumpster into Fatu and shoved an official for his troubles.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Next to her is a man in a brown jacket and tan pants believed to be Pretti, and next to him is the woman in brown jacket and black leggings who was shoved seconds ago.
—Kif Leswing,terri Cullen, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Why is it being shoved under the rug like this?
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Cars were also forced off the road and shoved into embankments.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
Two of the agents, including Patel, led Baraka inside the gate to a waiting car, while the other agents shoved away bystanders.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoved
Verb
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That support came into doubt late last year, when the subway operator sought to tighten borrowing terms, and pushed the developer to the brink of default.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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They can easily be pushed, by these outside factors, into imbalance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bell pressed ahead with the show, loon references and all, and licensed it to HBO.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The agents have also lingered around the campus and pressed people for proof of citizenship.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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But after a six-month probe into Yoon's decree, investigators led by another independent counsel, Cho Eun-suk, in December downplayed conjecture that Kim's troubles drove Yoon to declare martial law.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The round trip from Rockford — the site of the hospital where McKee worked — to Columbus is seven hours, meaning that McKee drove at least 14 hours during that 17 hour span, according to investigators' timeline.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Las Vegas has compressed a short stretch of the Strip into a luxury gauntlet that’ll wreck your step count and your credit limit in the same afternoon.—
Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Jan. 2026
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Right now, with silver at elevated levels, premiums have compressed somewhat as a percentage of total price compared to when silver was trading at $20 or $30 per ounce.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Shoved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoved. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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