shove
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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
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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
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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
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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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