jockey for position
Example Sentences
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As long as they kept it clean, they would be free to jockey for position and the team wouldn’t pick a favorite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Roughly 10 million people tuned in to the Katmai livestreams in 2022, including to watch the bears jockey for position at the best fishing spots.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023
How they’ll rank is anybody’s guess, but as they jockey for position to be the first receiver chosen on April 27, the truth is teams will base their decisions on preference and need.
From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2023
It’s as if King Lear, on the verge of dividing his kingdom, changed his mind and decided to stick around a while longer, while his kids jockey for position or plot coups or pick flowers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2022
Rowan knew that as much as she hated the idea of being a scythe, she would jockey for position over him because that’s how she was hardwired.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
