shoulder to shoulder
Example Sentences
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His father, the old radical, responds: “There is something good about being in the crowd, about being comrades, shoulder to shoulder with others. And I think there is also something absolutely destructive about it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Nato, he said, had not only supported the US "shoulder to shoulder" after the 9/11 attacks, it also helps us "meet the challenges of an increasingly complex and contested world".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Despite the absence of Manon, the girl group packed the festival field with Eyekons packed shoulder to shoulder as far as the Do Lab.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
“We were living shoulder to shoulder in the suburbs and thought that’s not how we want our kids to grow up,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
The sculpture I’m seeing is two round bubble bodies, shoulder to shoulder, every part of the figures, spherical and full, curved bulging chests pregnant with the same breath, heads tilting upward, gazes sky-bound.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
