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Recent Examples of jostling
Both sides are ranked in the top 15 and jostling atop the Big Ten standings.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
The sound raced across the hall, the waves jostling molecules of air and bouncing off walls.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Beijing and Washington are currently jostling for influence in the vast Pacific, with the Chinese navy engaging in a show of force in the southern part of the ocean.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Kalkbrenner was injured jostling for a rebound under the rim with Ejiofor and Luis.
—Staff and Wire Reports, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2025
Pastor Randy Mayer skillfully maneuvers his SUV over rough dirt roads, dodging giant potholes and jostling up steep inclines in the predawn darkness.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
With an average of 58 goals across the previous gameweeks and so many sides jostling for position, get ready for two chaotic hours.
—Thom Harris, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Jackson and Josh Allen may be jostling for this year’s MVP award, but why not embrace the running back renaissance movement and reward Barkley with the honor, which would mark the first non-quarterback to capture the MVP since Adrian Peterson during the 2012 season?
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
The sound raced across the hall, the waves jostling molecules of air and bouncing off walls.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Beijing and Washington are currently jostling for influence in the vast Pacific, with the Chinese navy engaging in a show of force in the southern part of the ocean.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Kalkbrenner was injured jostling for a rebound under the rim with Ejiofor and Luis.
—Staff and Wire Reports, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2025
Pastor Randy Mayer skillfully maneuvers his SUV over rough dirt roads, dodging giant potholes and jostling up steep inclines in the predawn darkness.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
With an average of 58 goals across the previous gameweeks and so many sides jostling for position, get ready for two chaotic hours.
—Thom Harris, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Jackson and Josh Allen may be jostling for this year’s MVP award, but why not embrace the running back renaissance movement and reward Barkley with the honor, which would mark the first non-quarterback to capture the MVP since Adrian Peterson during the 2012 season?
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Jostling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostling. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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