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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
Misguidedly shoving as many Peeps as possible into our mouths.
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Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2026
With Dylan Larkin in the box, Noah Cates put the Flyers ahead by three goals by shoving a loose puck over the goal line on the power play with less than four minutes to play in the second.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
In early February, at an Airbnb Peters was renting near Orlando, Peters’ girlfriend, Violet Lentz, got into a shouting, shoving and pummeling match with another woman, while Peters posted the conflict to social media, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
The frustration for the Razorbacks boiled over in the second half when Nick Pringle and coach John Calipari both got technical fouls and Billy Richmond was ejected after getting a flagrant 2 foul for shoving Kharchenkov.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
When Red Bull’s Gustav Berggren was sent off in the 53rd minute for shoving Toklomati into open space, Charlotte was already rolling.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2026
Police released images Tuesday of a man wanted for shoving a good Samaritan onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway station.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
There are no official figures because shoving attacks are not counted separately in Japan’s crime statistics.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 16 Mar. 2026
Video of that incident shows Peters grabbing the other woman and shoving her into the center of a hallway.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2026
With Dylan Larkin in the box, Noah Cates put the Flyers ahead by three goals by shoving a loose puck over the goal line on the power play with less than four minutes to play in the second.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
In early February, at an Airbnb Peters was renting near Orlando, Peters’ girlfriend, Violet Lentz, got into a shouting, shoving and pummeling match with another woman, while Peters posted the conflict to social media, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
The frustration for the Razorbacks boiled over in the second half when Nick Pringle and coach John Calipari both got technical fouls and Billy Richmond was ejected after getting a flagrant 2 foul for shoving Kharchenkov.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
When Red Bull’s Gustav Berggren was sent off in the 53rd minute for shoving Toklomati into open space, Charlotte was already rolling.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2026
Police released images Tuesday of a man wanted for shoving a good Samaritan onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway station.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
There are no official figures because shoving attacks are not counted separately in Japan’s crime statistics.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 16 Mar. 2026
Video of that incident shows Peters grabbing the other woman and shoving her into the center of a hallway.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoving
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In the clip, shared by @whit_fashionfinds, footage from inside her living room shows her teen on hands and knees pushing clutter across the floor and underneath the couch.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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In past years, pushing issues to the next meeting had been a tool the NFL used to win the day because the May meeting allowed league personnel to lobby owners in favor of their measures, knowing coaches and general managers would not attend that next meeting.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Her pressing abilities and defensive work rate will help, too.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
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Standing knee-deep in the lo‘i, covered in mud, gently pressing roots into the earth, anchored me in a new way.—
Wassan Al-Khudhairi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Kristopher David was driving to work Wednesday morning near the intersection of Broward Boulevard and Seventh Avenue when a black Audi, traveling westbound at a high rate of speed, T-boned his white BMW.—
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Wake early to catch the spectacle of sunrise before driving 30 minutes to the neighboring Santa Teresa.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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Several people compressing the traditional learning curve.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
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Workers grew fungi on 12 tons of this otherwise useless waste, compressing and baking it into 925 blocks that were used to build a house.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Far from thrusting their run-in into chaos, this may become a moment which galvanises Leeds.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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With Israel thrusting deeper into Lebanon, fears are mounting that Qlayaa will suffer the same fate as Alma al-Shaab, a Christian village on the border whose remaining residents all evacuated after a villager was killed this week.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Shoving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoving. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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