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Recent Examples of jostle
Landscape paintings and portraits of nobles jostled for attention alongside historical paintings and imagined scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.
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Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
The water is jostled by giant machines to mix the seawater.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 7 July 2025
The Sport runs the spectrum from being an everyday steel sports watch, jostling with the Omega Speedmaster and Rolex Daytona for attention, to morphing into a red-carpet star in solid 18-karat gold with a gem-set bezel, to this monochrome purity.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 14 July 2025
But Musk isn’t the only tech titan Altman is currently jostling with.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
The water is jostled by giant machines to mix the seawater.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 7 July 2025
The Sport runs the spectrum from being an everyday steel sports watch, jostling with the Omega Speedmaster and Rolex Daytona for attention, to morphing into a red-carpet star in solid 18-karat gold with a gem-set bezel, to this monochrome purity.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 14 July 2025
But Musk isn’t the only tech titan Altman is currently jostling with.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostle
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Folklore Reaches Half a Decade on the Billboard 200 Folklore advances on the Billboard 200, pushing from No. 77 to No. 68 at the moment.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Republicans argued that funding for these programs was a waste of taxpayer dollars and have accused the networks of pushing left-leaning programming.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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The Euro 2025 quarter-finals had late drama, with Italy squeezing past Norway, a comeback out of nowhere from England, and a farcical penalty shootout win over Sweden.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
20 July 2025
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In particular, the price of rice has doubled, squeezing many household budgets despite government handouts.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
20 July 2025
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“Jostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostle. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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