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as in to push
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
I had to keep shoving my heavy suitcase as I slowly made my way to the head of the line
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as in to press
to push steadily against with some force
quit shoving your hand in my face
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Recent Examples of shove
Mitchell Willetts, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Stephenson then shoved her and Spalding grabbed her hijab, the lawsuit claims.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
EW.com, 6 Feb. 2025
After giving the crocodile multiple shoves, the officer and the man finally succeeded in moving the animal outside the fence.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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Verb
There’s a heated exchange of words, then the officer grabs the coach by his collar and shoves him against a fence as children shout and adults rush in to stop the fight, which ends in a violent scrum on the turf.
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But now Barrymore has explained that Stewart’s shove was all in good fun.
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Are Puerto Rican filmmakers pushing for this to change?—
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Since then, both Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen have resumed firing rockets and missiles at Israel, setting off air-raid sirens in the center of the country; and Israeli ground forces have pushed into the Netzarim Corridor, once again cutting Gaza in half.—
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On foreign policy, Booker criticized Trump’s proposals to acquire Greenland and Canada, arguing that such efforts are undermining America’s credibility on the global stage and distracting from more pressing diplomatic and security challenges.—
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Press Flowers Capture the beauty of spring flowers or the memories of a special bouquet by drying and pressing them.—
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Ultimately, the league’s decision-making on NBA expansion will be driven by a combination of market size, media presence, economic factors, and ownership interest.—
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This approach delivers precision targeting that drives measurable results.—
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For complex tasks, the smartphone can further compress the latent representations and forward them to cloud servers for specialized processing (e.g., full document OCR or advanced medical diagnostics).—
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More importantly, compressed monthly changes highlight the general lack of homebuying demand that continues to characterize the current housing market.—
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Nylander can be thrust into different lines, sometimes out of the top six, on a moment’s notice.—
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The New York Times: With the Signal snafu, Waltz is thrust into the spotlight.—
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“Shove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shove. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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