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Recent Examples of elbow
Even sitting elbow to elbow in the dining room of the Southwest Colorado inn where the retreat was held, no one interacted in any way.
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Kate Siber, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2025
That wasn’t the case this time last year, as Cole succumbed to elbow inflammation midway through spring training in 2024.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter politics and elbow both Schaeuble and Merz aside on her rise to become chancellor.
—Thomas Escritt, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Now in its second year, Ojai Food + Wine, set for the weekend of March 13–16, is betting that luxury tastes better without elbowing through an inebriated crowd for a few truffle shavings.
—David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Kate Siber, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2025
That wasn’t the case this time last year, as Cole succumbed to elbow inflammation midway through spring training in 2024.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter politics and elbow both Schaeuble and Merz aside on her rise to become chancellor.
—Thomas Escritt, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Now in its second year, Ojai Food + Wine, set for the weekend of March 13–16, is betting that luxury tastes better without elbowing through an inebriated crowd for a few truffle shavings.
—David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbow
Verb
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Are Puerto Rican filmmakers pushing for this to change?—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Business schools are mimicking Harvard and Stanford, pushing a VC-centric curriculum instead of teaching unicorn-entrepreneurship—the skills to build billion-dollar businesses without VC.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Carving her own musical lane in an industry so determined to squeeze her into a box has been a challenge, but PinkPantheress isn’t one to let outside voices get to her.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The New York Times: In pressing forward with its assault on Gaza, Israel hopes to squeeze Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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And while more than half of the country pays for defense lawyers entirely at the state level, in Texas the counties shoulder about 85 percent of the costs.—
Ilana Panich-Linsman,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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As the demographic tidal wave strikes in the near future, managers who used to anchor operations will shoulder even more of the workload.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Elbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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