pushy
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Boundaries are extremely tricky to maintain with people who are insistent and/or bordering on pushy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Emma Raducanu has previously described hers as "so pushy" when she was younger.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Supporters of reform say the current system disproportionately puts pressure on women, who often face being labelled pushy or difficult -- a stigma rarely attached to male stars.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
He could win without fighting and push without seeming pushy, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
They were individually very pushy, almost cocky or snappy birds, seemingly quick to anger and push others around, much as the behavior they would use to keep someone from messing with their nest.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
The people she’s meeting up with are probably the ones who have been pushier than you’re willing to be.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2021
Its pushier character means that it’s a sauce that’s best to take in small doses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2019
Speaking of forcing things on the user, however, HTC’s News Republic integration is still on the U12 Plus and it’s now pushier than ever.
From The Verge ● Jun. 12, 2018
But by the early 1970's, with the rise of stiffer competition from emerging foreign economies and facing pushier federal regulators at home, the shared mission started to splinter.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2017
Piper would have been ten times pushier if Nat hadn’t been here.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
In your case, I’m willing to bet you’ll be fine—the parents who are typically the pushiest also tend to be, uh, the least concerned about whether they’re overstepping.
From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2019
Playing the pushiest of roles, the endlessly enterprising matchmaker Dolly Levi, Ms. Midler never pushes for effect.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2017
But because there were no lines, it generally rewarded only the pushiest children and paparazzi parents.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2012
By Grady Hendrix It’s that time of year again, when the movies with the biggest advertising budgets and the pushiest publicists get a second infusion of attention from end-of-year best lists.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2011
