shoved

verb

past tense of shove
1
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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2
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 As Lindstrom’s voice echoed throughout his teammates’ helmets, safety Jessie Bates III shoved him once, then again, and again. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Like every fashion trend, barn jackets have enjoyed their time in the limelight, occasionally taking a back seat when trendier options like scarf coats and cropped puffers shoved them offstage. — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026 After Will McDonald flushed Titans quarterback Cam Ward from the pocket, Bailey chased him down and shoved him out of bounds for a one-yard loss — and sack — during the Jets’ 23-10 victory. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 Like the people in that book, many of the subjects of The Castle have been shoved to the margins. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 The officer then shoved him with both hands on his chest, pushing Shabazz to the ground. — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026 A week after the big score, Chetal's parents were driving in Danbury, Connecticut, when several masked men cut them off, forced them out of their new car, beat Chetal's father with a baseball bat, shoved the couple into a van and bound their hands. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 A week after the big score, Chetal’s parents were driving in Danbury, Connecticut, when several masked men cut them off, forced them out of their new car, beat Chetal’s father with a baseball bat, shoved the couple into a van and bound their hands. — Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026 Along the way, his attorney said, he was stripped, shoved and threatened with years in prison. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoved
  1. pushed
  2. pressed
  3. drove
  4. compressed
Verb
  • As the investigation uncovers a string of killings linked to a strange ritual, the two are pushed into working together, facing down otherworldly threats as well as unfinished business from Lan’s past.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Upon further investigation, officers determined the two had been allegedly pushed from a balcony, the NYPD said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of pushed
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  • Foreign policy emerged as another major point of contention, particularly when moderator Rick Albin repeatedly pressed el Sayed to say whether Israel or Iran posed the greater threat to the United States.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Lopez’s mother, Allison Lyman, and other family members had pressed state lawmakers to change California’s vehicular manslaughter law to prohibit diversion in such cases.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of pressed
Verb
  • Although robust buyer demand briefly drove yields down to session lows following the auction, yield levels above 5% remain substantially higher than the historical norm over the past decade.
    — , CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The suit says Her displayed doctored, sexualized photos of Henry and other officers, including in Henry's own office, and drove unannounced to a golf simulator in Woodbury where Henry was spending personal time.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of drove
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  • The biggest drag on the index was independent power producers (like Constellation, NRG, and Vistra), whose earnings multiples have compressed anywhere from 2 to 8 turns from their recent peaks.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In another, an agent apparently compressed data into a roughly 35 KB file and uploaded it through ntfy, but investigators could not recover the file to determine its contents.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of compressed

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“Shoved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoved. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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