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shove

[shuhv] / ʃʌv /


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"We're going to push them and shove them into action -- and if not, then leave," said the veteran conservationist and one-time presidential candidate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Lucky to avoid red card for his reactionary shove on Rodrigo Bentancur?

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

When push came to shove, the human with the archive was always right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“There’s room for all of you. No need to shove, Keiko.”

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

They said the agency at the time opted against tough discipline for controllers, in part because managers condoned the early shoves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

And another AI video on X depicts the pair running together through a city engulfed in flames before the female executive shoves him aside in a dramatic scene.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Soon enough, it shoves out the old way of doing things entirely, leaving us with no living, breathing person left to hear our frustrations.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

Jean shoves a photocopy of an article from the Cook Islands News into my hand.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024

He shoves the chest as far into a bunk corner as he can, then takes a preparation breath before shifting his curtain aside to climb down.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Multiple parents recounted a Christmas photo-op in which an ICE agent dressed as Santa Claus shoved away children who tried to hug him, then vanished with his treats the moment the cameras disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Why is that a favored constitutional provision while this stuff all gets shoved to the side?

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

"I don't have, as unbelievable as it is as mayor of this region, any power to fix this problem, but it doesn't mean I haven't shoved my nose in," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The strategists also pointed out that investor rotation into other sectors has lifted growth prospects and valuations of many “old economy” industries, long shoved aside by investors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

He stood at the counter and shoved the food into his mouth like a starved animal, scattering crumbs over himself and the floor.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

As portrayed by an excellent Samantha Sloyan, Margaret still punishes Carrie by frequently shoving her into a prayer closet, but she’s also more grounded in her humanity.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

AFP saw pushing and shoving between front-row protesters and officers trying to keep the surging crowd away from Jakarta's central Bundaran HI public square, which is surrounded by businesses and embassies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

I try to help them think through things rather than shoving anything down their throat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

“I’d never played a game like that with as many cheap shots and people shoving you in the back” forward Bradley Barcola said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Some seem frightening, pushing, shoving their way on the snow-dusted road.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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