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Recent Examples of jostle
This offseason has been no different, as the Broncos jostle in the free-agency arms race to establish themselves as serious contenders in 2025.
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Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
During one incursion, Ayyub hid in a house and peered out as a crowd of some sixty men jostled outside.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
After officials told Green to lay off the physicality – and the veteran big vociferously argued – the two went right back to jostling.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
This tug-of-war causes layers of rock beneath Io’s surface to jostle and heat up, melting solid rock into magma.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
During one incursion, Ayyub hid in a house and peered out as a crowd of some sixty men jostled outside.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
After officials told Green to lay off the physicality – and the veteran big vociferously argued – the two went right back to jostling.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
This tug-of-war causes layers of rock beneath Io’s surface to jostle and heat up, melting solid rock into magma.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostle
Verb
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As Nuno pointed out, the player of the season award could reasonably have been renamed the ‘team of the season award’ during a campaign in which Forest followed up back-to-back fights against relegation by pushing for Champions League qualification.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Indiana is built to push the ball, which can lead to quick shots and offensive spurts.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2025
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Martinez’s son squeezed the trigger five times, shooting Rivera to death and wounding two others, the detective wrote in the affidavit.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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“Jostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostle. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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