Thesaurus results for SHOVING

shoving

verb

present participle of shove

as in pushing

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 pressing

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

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Recent Examples of shoving Eventually, Reacher bests Amisha by shoving her out of a window to fall to the street below. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026 Last month, Good Good Golf lost its partnership with Callaway and its title sponsorship of a PGA Tour event in the fallout over a video for a new driver that showed a man shoving to the ground a woman who was trying to touch the golf club. — Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 Kolb was also seen shoving and grabbing a second PETA member who was filming the catwalk takeover and covered the protester’s face with his hand. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2026 Golf equipment powerhouse Callaway ended its partnership with Good Good Golf amid the justified backlash over a video ad for a new Callaway driver that depicts a man aggressively shoving a woman to the ground. — Greg Cote august 30, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 Pre-fight tensions escalated at the weigh-ins, with Itauma shoving Hrgovic off the stage, leading to a retaliatory slap from Hrgovic, adding fuel to the already compelling matchup. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 There have been many advertisements over the years with men tackling or shoving women. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The guard stamps my name before shoving a copy of the week’s pamphlet in my hand. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 Two major golf brands have apologized following backlash over an ad that showed a man forcefully shoving a woman to the ground. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoving

Verb

The president was pushing back against calls by tech leaders such as Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and SpaceXAI's Elon Musk to have greater government oversight of AI.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
With yields now notching over 5%, longer-term interest rates across the economy are increasing, pushing up borrowing costs on the national debt as a result.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pushing

Verb

Most importantly, Schlager is well-versed in the intense, pressing style that his fellow Austrian favours.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
In a black-and-white photo, Maluma can be seen holding his newborn baby in one arm while draping the other around Gomez, pressing his forehead to hers.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pressing

Verb

After driving for a touchdown on their opening drive, the Wolverines didn’t score again until Buchanan snagged Underwood’s pass amid a crowd of defenders in the end zone.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Yet too many adults focus on winning and chasing college scholarships, driving up the costs for families and pressure on children to specialize in one sport and succeed.

— Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of driving

Verb

The result is an entire ocean’s worth of wind and waves all compressing together to get through what is a seriously small bottleneck.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
The space between those points is the organization’s window for intervention, and AI is compressing it across a growing share of business processes.

— Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of compressing

Verb

On Kauai’s south shore, Hurricane Lowell lifted a home off its foundation and split it in two, the storm’s powerful winds thrusting part of the structure across the street.

— Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Corbin uses cabbage as an anchor in his new and expanding Rolodex of flavors, thrusting it into the fire until the outer layers are blackened and frizzled.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026