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Recent Examples of jostled
That’s not a criticism, because the streets of prewar Jewish Eastern Europe also jostled and overflowed; Grade’s prose mimetically reproduces the way Jews thronged in their tight quarters.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
One demonstrator jostled with a puppet whose name-tag identified it as Barnard President Laura Rosenbury.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Its software acts like noise-canceling headphones, filtering out unwanted interference so delicate quantum sensors can remain accurate even when jostled at sea or in flight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2025
As Hien jostled for position, his arm appeared to slightly catch Nilsson, who went to ground.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
In the 15th minute of the Barcelona derby, León appeared to touch Espanyol’s Daniela Caracas in the groin area and say something as the two players jostled for position.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
The arrival of a water tanker resulted in commotion as women and children jostled to the front, large containers in hand.
—Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Thousands of Palestinian jostled the two Israelis as they were escorted to Red Cross vehicles.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
But after the two sides jostled to lock up as much of Korea Zinc’s shares as possible, the consortium of Young Poong and MBK appeared to be in a stronger position heading into the meeting on Thursday.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
One demonstrator jostled with a puppet whose name-tag identified it as Barnard President Laura Rosenbury.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Its software acts like noise-canceling headphones, filtering out unwanted interference so delicate quantum sensors can remain accurate even when jostled at sea or in flight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2025
As Hien jostled for position, his arm appeared to slightly catch Nilsson, who went to ground.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
In the 15th minute of the Barcelona derby, León appeared to touch Espanyol’s Daniela Caracas in the groin area and say something as the two players jostled for position.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
The arrival of a water tanker resulted in commotion as women and children jostled to the front, large containers in hand.
—Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Thousands of Palestinian jostled the two Israelis as they were escorted to Red Cross vehicles.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
But after the two sides jostled to lock up as much of Korea Zinc’s shares as possible, the consortium of Young Poong and MBK appeared to be in a stronger position heading into the meeting on Thursday.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Jostled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostled. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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