pushing around

verb

present participle of push around
as in forcing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushing around
  1. forcing
  2. compelling
  3. pressuring
  4. coercing
  5. constraining
  6. harassing
  7. obliging
  8. bludgeoning
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  • The broader shortage has lifted chip companies worldwide — Micron reported a 15-fold increase in quarterly profits last month — while forcing retailers to hike prices for cars and mobile phones, among others.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 27 July 2026
  • Sharp declines can trigger a margin call, forcing investors to either deposit additional cash or sell holdings—potentially at worse prices.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Definition of forcing
Verb
  • Agents instead went to several reporters' homes on the night of Friday, July 10 - just two days after the first story was published - with subpoenas compelling their testimony before a grand jury.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • Cruise portrays Digger Rockwell, an eccentric oil magnate whose decisions put the world on the brink of catastrophe, ultimately compelling him to embark on an improbable mission to rescue humanity.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of compelling
Verb
  • House Republicans have spent recent months pressuring the Senate to take up the SAVE America Act, as some House members have gone as far as to call out Thune on social media.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2026
  • Landlords found other ways to circumvent the law, such as pressuring residents into making side payments and stalling paperwork.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of pressuring
Verb
  • Rand Paul, in particular, seems bent on getting Fauci prosecuted for allegedly bribing and coercing intelligence officials to aid in his cover-up.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • While appearing to regulate I-9 compliance, its core purpose is to prevent employers from coercing or intimidating vulnerable workers by confiscating or retaining their IDs.
    — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of coercing
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  • Power grid limitations, construction labor shortages, and community opposition to data centers are already constraining that buildout.
    — Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Tuesday's vote ended with 189 voting in favor and 235 voting in opposition of constraining the president's authority.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of constraining
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  • In 2023, he was found napping across a Hobart driveway for hours, blocking a local woman from getting to work, and was relocated after people and dogs began harassing him at another beach.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The group has since agreed to dissolve its nonprofit status, following a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing its members of harassing Palestinians.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Definition of harassing
Verb
  • First is to prevent their further migration by enforcing an international treaty obliging national authorities to treat ballast waters inside incoming ships that may carry such species.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • There is no contract obliging a customer to buy a second bottle of wine, a second pair of running shoes, or a second box of protein powder.
    — Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of obliging
Verb
  • Olivia launches her second escape by bludgeoning one of her captors with a metal pipe, grabbing his gun, and sprinting toward the red prison door.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • The Cubs have won seven of their last 10 after bludgeoning Kodai Senga on Tuesday, but fate keeps depleting them; their starter, Edward Cabrera, left the game on a cart with a hamstring/adductor strain.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of bludgeoning
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