jostling
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This repeated jostling helps explain why sea ice does not simply keep accelerating and spreading in response to the wind.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Despite the look of crowded penalty areas and jostling at corners seemingly taking away from the division stylistically, Maresca still feels it is the "best league" with the "best players".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Without a device constantly jostling my brain and interrupting my thoughts, I became more alert to what was happening around me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
A crowd of young people waits near me to board the ferry, joking and jostling each other about school and movies and some farmer they must have passed on their outing.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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