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shove

[shuhv] / ʃʌv /


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Thousands of football fans attempted to shove their way into Mexico City's official World Cup fan zone on Thursday, creating chaotic scenes shortly before kick-off in the opening game.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

After the shove, the video shows Niemi and his group walk briskly down the stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard that is home to a number of nightclubs and bars.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Heuristics is the fancy term for the human readiness to shove phenomena into categories into which they don’t quite fit, mainly to economize on mental effort.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Amid all the big collisions, a gentle shove and a not-so-gentle rebuke generated the most headlines over the weekend.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

I leapt from my desk and started to shove random objects into their appropriate homes, hoping Mom would appreciate the effort.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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

But rather than fix it, the owner sends balls of dough to another firm that shoves them in a working oven and sells the loaves back to the baker.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2024

In the video, a wilderness restoration ranger gently shoves over a cairn, which appears to be several feet high.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2023

But Glish suddenly shoves her entire cube of bioloaf in her mouth and walks away.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

"They can't be shoved to the back and forgot about. We'll do everything we can to make sure that doesn't happen."

From BBC Aug. 5, 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

They seem to take it less personally when they’re shoved into a drawer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

The man who shoved Kelver and who allegedly initiated the confrontation, known only as “S. Durham,” has not been charged.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

I shoved my hands into my hair and pulled it in frustration as I whirled on Regan.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

“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

In New York, the opening of the Swatch store in Times Square was met with "pushing and shoving" in the waiting crowd, John McIntosh, who had been in line since Wednesday, told AFP.

From Barron's May 16, 2026

Some of the recent videos show the runners bumping into security guards and shoving past church staff, then leaving after being cornered and told to get off the property.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

Another person who recently left the company said the tracking tool is "just the latest way they're shoving AI down everyone's throat".

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

The scent of war even filled our schoolhouse soddie, with boys shoving and shouting in the yard, the girls egging them on with taunts.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye




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