shoved

past tense of shove

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shoved The employee reportedly walked out from behind the counter and shoved his hand away, as briefly seen in the footage. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 On the trip down the floor before the confrontation, Clark drove to the basket and appeared to be shoved by Golden State veteran Kiah Stokes while attempting a layup. Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 Disorder broke out when large groups of people pushed and shoved their way through lines of fans waiting to get in and charged through security checkpoints and entrances, a law enforcement source told ABC New York station WABC. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 July 2026 Many runners appeared unaware when bulls were breathing down their necks and, instead of trying to gore them, just shoved them out of the way. Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 The twister shoved a porch several feet from its manufactured home, according to the report. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026 Having all your pieces shoved against walls disallows natural flow through the room. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 July 2026 Will started the engine, and Cal shoved a cassette tape into the player. Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 Tempers flared when Andrés Cubas took down Mbappé and the teams briefly pushed and shoved each other. Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoved
Verb
  • Lawmakers pushed back when Black sought to distance himself from Epstein, including by asking about a message Black wrote for a book that Maxwell, Epstein's longtime associate, created for Epstein's 50th birthday.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • Instead, global economic uncertainty — including the war in Iran — have pushed mortgage rates passed 6%.
    Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Rushing has been pressed into action with Will Smith out, as the franchise catcher’s neck issue has stretched from days to weeks to months, with no firm timetable in sight.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • The recirculation system, typically pressed with a button on the dashboard, will keep air in the car circulating through the car’s air filter and reduce particle concentrations.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Tribal members drove around in a beat-up Buick flinging matches out the window.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Giant armored bulldozers—now Caterpillar model D9—stabbed their front blades into the ground and drove forward, flipping fields and shaving off orchards.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • This year’s schedule has 84 games instead of 82 but without a three-week Olympic break, isn’t as compressed, allowing teams that travel extensively like the Sharks a bit more downtime between games.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • The stock significantly underperformed as earnings stalled and valuation multiples compressed.
    Harvey Stober, CNBC, 16 July 2026

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“Shoved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoved. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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