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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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2
as in to press
to push steadily against with some force
quit shoving your hand in my face
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as in to move
to leave a place often for another
time to shove off for home
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Recent Examples of shove
Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
Continue reading … CAUGHT ON CAMERA — Savanah Hernandez shoved to concrete by Minneapolis protesters in violent scene.
—FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Occasionally, King’s assistants, a pair of bulky guys with law-enforcement backgrounds, offered the stumbling line a corrective shove.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Verb
With the puck uncovered, Haight crashed the net and used his stick to shove the goalie, and the puck, over the line for what would have been Haight’s first NHL goal.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
Continue reading … CAUGHT ON CAMERA — Savanah Hernandez shoved to concrete by Minneapolis protesters in violent scene.
—FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
Shesterkin, known as a fiery presence, left his crease to give Cotter a shove.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Occasionally, King’s assistants, a pair of bulky guys with law-enforcement backgrounds, offered the stumbling line a corrective shove.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shove
push
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After thrashing the doomed Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 on the opening weekend, City were played off the pitch by Thomas Frank’s Tottenham Hotspur and then had no answer to Brighton & Hove Albion’s second-half push.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The push for funding comes amid a number of high-profile incidents involving apparent air traffic control mistakes, including a deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York City last month.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Shove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shove. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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