How to Use shoulder to shoulder in a Sentence
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Have the rest of the players stand in front of the line, shoulder to shoulder.
— Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024 -
The church has donated tons and tons of food to help do good, shoulder to shoulder with some of the players.
— Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022 -
On game-day mornings, Pfander will help pull the tarp, shoulder to shoulder with the grounds crew.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 July 2022 -
Stephen was with me, shoulder to shoulder throughout that whole process.
— Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 22 Apr. 2023 -
Dozens of officers stood shoulder to shoulder in a line that snaked longer than a city block.
— Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023 -
The attendees, many of whom had to stand shoulder to shoulder along the walls in the too-small room, stayed for the entire 90-minute meeting.
— Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023 -
But when McIlroy came by, the hill filled up, fans standing shoulder to shoulder for a glimpse at their hero.
— The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023 -
But this was next level, shoulder to shoulder, front to back, just shimming along on those streets.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022 -
Workers are working shoulder to shoulder processing and cutting the wings, the legs, the rest of the chicken.
— Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 -
The draft itself was quite a scene, with a massive stage set up just off The Strip, and thousands of fans standing shoulder to shoulder for what seemed to be a mile.
— Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 -
My mother did not appraise him at all, this boy now standing shoulder to shoulder with me.
— Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022 -
Noemi and other neighbors joined, shoulder to shoulder, until the group grew large enough to drive the workers away.
— Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023 -
The goal: Place Napa shoulder to shoulder with these global favorites.
— Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2022 -
Standing shoulder to shoulder, workers move each shell along a table lined with rollers.
— Rebecca Lieberman, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023 -
Black people still struggled to stand shoulder to shoulder with white people.
— Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023 -
But suppose a pretty lady is praying next to me shoulder to shoulder.
— Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022 -
Talking through issues shoulder to shoulder instead of face to face provides a sense of unity.
— By Jenny Rough, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024 -
That means this season, barring another move, very likely will be the sole lap with all five lining up, shoulder to shoulder and start to start.
— Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022 -
Sitting shoulder to shoulder, fixing their eyes straight-ahead, the players rarely so much as glance at one another.
— Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022 -
There was a line at the entrance and the large viewing windows at the penguin exhibit had people standing shoulder to shoulder.
— Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024 -
In a duet, that conversation is between two pianists, playing shoulder to shoulder at the same eighty-eight keys.
— The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Sitting shoulder to shoulder, the co-stars behave like real-life siblings.
— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 June 2023 -
The United States and Europe were supposed to stand shoulder to shoulder to protect the gains reaped from 70 years of cooperation.
— G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017 -
People stood shoulder to shoulder — arms glistening with sweat from laboring amid the thick, hot air.
— Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023 -
More than an hour before kickoff, the concourses around Ford Field were already shoulder to shoulder.
— Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024 -
Few musical acts can stand shoulder to shoulder with The Beatles.
— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2023 -
Many of the book’s images of twins tend to show them shoulder to shoulder, facing the viewer, presenting themselves for our inspection.
— The New Yorker, 12 June 2024 -
The 40-foot vessel tilted from the weight as people climbed aboard and pushed into the two dank cabins, sitting shoulder to shoulder or standing because there was no more space.
— Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023 -
Inside, older adults sit shoulder to shoulder around dozens of folding tables.
— Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023 -
The community and its allies are working shoulder to shoulder to save Yellowknife as the fire inches closer.
— Tracey Lindeman, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
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