jockey

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Recent Examples of jockey Players from 25 to 35 in the FedEx Cup standings, in particular, will jockey for positioning throughout the week. Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025 Written, produced, and starring Riki Lindhome and Natasha Leggero as two sisters jockeying haplessly for status within Newport society, Another Period sends up every costume-drama trope in the book. Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025 As OpenAI continues to jockey in the global race for AI dominance, the company noted that less time spent in ChatGPT could actually be a sign that its product did its job. Angela Yang, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, Bueckers got accustomed to WNBA life and quickly thrust herself into the All-Star Game while jockeying with Washington Mystics youngsters Sonia Cintron and Kiki Iriafen for Rookie of the Year. Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for jockey
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Verb
  • That insight has guided the team at Typhur, headquartered in San Jose at the heart of Silicon Valley, a location that inspires them to engineer precision with intuitive design.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The reality is, most commercial language models are generally engineered to always please users, producing answers sometimes at the expense of truth.
    Scott Zoldi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • China alone poured nearly $30 billion into drone production last year and can field $1000 drones that neutralize multimillion-dollar assets.
    Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Chris Murphy forced Judge into a double play, and Hamilton fielded Paul Goldschmidt’s grounder cleanly to give Boston a fighting last chance.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Fashion and sociology experts say that, when examining the significance of any bold fashion statement such as Robbie's, context plays an important role.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Yankees played an integral part in the remembrance of 9/11.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • That’s what the lesson here is for me, to treat others with respect and kindness, to honor the wishes of the fallen, and to have this dream of a better future.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Walshe’s injuries were not life-threatening, and he was treated overnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and returned to jail.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jockey. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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