jockey

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Recent Examples of jockey The two other public park bathrooms jockeying to win are in Minnesota and Colorado. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025 For Americans, it's become a sport — jockeying for the best possible parking space, somewhere within a few miles of your destination. Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025 Players from 25 to 35 in the FedEx Cup standings, in particular, will jockey for positioning throughout the week. Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025 As OpenAI continues to jockey in the global race for AI dominance, the company noted that less time spent in ChatGPT could actually be a sign that its product did its job. Angela Yang, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jockey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jockey
Verb
  • Now, in a world engineered for infinite choice, commitment feels like a risk, and discomfort feels like failure.
    Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • On the upside, Dell’s cooling system seems well-engineered.
    Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • China alone poured nearly $30 billion into drone production last year and can field $1000 drones that neutralize multimillion-dollar assets.
    Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Chris Murphy forced Judge into a double play, and Hamilton fielded Paul Goldschmidt’s grounder cleanly to give Boston a fighting last chance.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Almost two full years later, on the verge of making the postseason, the Padres returned to the ballpark that is home to one of baseball’s worst teams and continued to play like a team that seems bent on disappointing in its own spectacular way.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, Ruud just kept right on playing good defense — racing around Laver Cup’s black hardcourt — and somehow managing to return serves that reached 130 mph.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Morgan said the victim suffered stab wounds to his hands, chest, lung and abdomen, and was treated and released.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Liverpool fans were treated to a 2-1 victory over neighbors Everton in the early kickoff.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jockey. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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