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shove

[shuhv] / ʃʌv /


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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

"Users will reject it if you're just trying to shove a puzzle down their throat that has no connection to your core values as a company."

From Barron's May 16, 2026

And because of their size, "you can shove them into your bag really easily", Keilly says.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

“I guess this is another place for somebody to shove an ad in your face,” said the 47-year-old Yoder, recalling the first time he noticed one.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

When he reached the top, it just took a good double-handed shove to send the grate wobbling across the cafeteria floor.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

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

Outside the kiln, Kosal, a father of two, scoops up a mix of fabric, plastic and rubber that he shoves into the hatch before shutting it quickly.

From BBC Jan. 31, 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

She shoves her phone in her pocket and then comes over to me, throwing her arms around me in a hug.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

But what does the book you've just shoved in your suitcase say about you?

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Fans who had previously been happy cheering wins with lusty renditions of “Sweet Caroline” don’t mind that it has been shoved aside.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 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 snatched it up, yanked up the sliding door again, flung the case inside, shoved the door down, and pushed my prison bag up against it.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

And to think he still operates with such brute force that he was shoving Rocket defenders all over the court.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 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

Left with no idea how to wrap itself up, “Undertone” throws every one of those horror tropes under a hydraulic press, shoving them together, hoping that the result will be prettier than just polished garbage.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2026

“Of course I do,” I said, shoving my guilt about Mr. Harris aside and climbing in the car beside him.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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