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Recent Examples of jostling
On the two Adams catches, Witherspoon fell while jostling with the receiver.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
In December 2004 astronomers were shocked when a huge blast of energy swept over Earth, jostling our planet’s magnetic field and increasing the ionization of its atmosphere.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
There was shoving and jostling.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
His successors are already jostling one another.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
Candidates jostling to succeed Gavin Newsom as the governor of California are being forced to walk a fine line between acknowledging voter frustration, while avoiding direct criticism of a man who could dominate national Democratic politics for the next decade.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2026
Video showed officers in riot gear pushing forward as agitators crowded the street, leading to shoving and jostling during the nighttime confrontation.
—Michael Dorgan , Alexandra Koch , Bill Melugin , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Draymond Green was a whole team’s injury report unto himself after spending the previous 48 minutes jostling with 7-foot bruiser Ivica Zubac in Monday’s loss to the Clippers.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Test subjects did just that while running or being subjected to shaking, jostling, and high-frequency vibrations, with ocean conditions simulated using the Scripps Ocean-Atmosphere Research Simulator at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
In December 2004 astronomers were shocked when a huge blast of energy swept over Earth, jostling our planet’s magnetic field and increasing the ionization of its atmosphere.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
There was shoving and jostling.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
His successors are already jostling one another.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
Candidates jostling to succeed Gavin Newsom as the governor of California are being forced to walk a fine line between acknowledging voter frustration, while avoiding direct criticism of a man who could dominate national Democratic politics for the next decade.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2026
Video showed officers in riot gear pushing forward as agitators crowded the street, leading to shoving and jostling during the nighttime confrontation.
—Michael Dorgan , Alexandra Koch , Bill Melugin , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Draymond Green was a whole team’s injury report unto himself after spending the previous 48 minutes jostling with 7-foot bruiser Ivica Zubac in Monday’s loss to the Clippers.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Test subjects did just that while running or being subjected to shaking, jostling, and high-frequency vibrations, with ocean conditions simulated using the Scripps Ocean-Atmosphere Research Simulator at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jostling
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Wiener is also pushing new legislation — called the No Kings Act — that would allow people in California to sue federal agents for violating their rights.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Home prices and mortgage rates have soared over the past several years, pushing home ownership out of reach for many Americans.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The solar sector has been grappling with a prolonged price slump and oversupply, squeezing margins even as leading producers continue to add capacity.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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For generations, Americans who wanted orange juice without the work of squeezing fresh fruit cracked open a can and watched a cylinder of frozen juice go ker-plunk into a pitcher.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Jostling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostling. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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