jostles

present tense third-person singular of jostle
as in pushes
to force one's way everyone glared at the man who jostled to the front of the line

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  • This pushes Tony and Ziva to risk everything in order to save her and finally put an end to the conspiracy.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The video also pushes for universal healthcare.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • And now, one such creation slithers, squeezes, and twists through the narrowest corners.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The surgeon withdraws the balloon and then squeezes the implant in through a sterile funnel before closing the incision.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Jostles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostles. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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