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shove

[shuhv] / ʃʌv /


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"Users will reject it if you're just trying to shove a puzzle down their throat that has no connection to your core values as a company."

From Barron's May 16, 2026

After the shove, the video shows Niemi and his group walk briskly down the stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard that is home to a number of nightclubs and bars.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Ever since the Philadelphia Eagles began lining up behind their quarterback to shove him forward for first downs, the play known as the Tush Push has driven the NFL absolutely mad.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

The incident at Stamford Bridge started when Chelsea forward Joao Pedro reacted to West Ham winger Adama Traore's shove on Blues defender Marc Cucurella in added time.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2026

With a distinctly guilty look, Koffi tried to shove whatever it was back into her bag, but he caught her wrist.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

"Paraguay tried to wind up the France players, little shoves and nudges but not enough to get a yellow card," former Scotland winger Pat Nevin told BBC Radio 5 Live.

From BBC Jul. 5, 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

Since we came for the shock value, the camera shoves our faces in its guts, bellowing to eat up.

From Salon Oct. 4, 2024

In the video, a wilderness restoration ranger gently shoves over a cairn, which appears to be several feet high.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2023

With his fingers, he shoves cake into his mouth.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

It came shortly after a foul when Bellingham shoved Jerome Opoku and tensions spilled over after the referee had blown for half-time.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

The man who shoved Kelver and who allegedly initiated the confrontation, known only as “S. Durham,” has not been charged.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

Season after season, the club that won style points and little else ventured back into Europe, only to be shoved around by a giant or trip over itself in a pratfall.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Videos on social media showed activists being shoved and surrounded by youths wearing matching T-shirts emblazoned with Jerusalem-themed slogans.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

Most of the other kids shoved in behind him.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“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

Another person who recently left the company told the BBC the tracking tool was "just the latest way they're shoving AI down everyone's throat".

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

In New York, the opening of the Swatch store in Times Square was met with "pushing and shoving" in the waiting crowd, John McIntosh, who had been in line since Wednesday, told AFP.

From Barron's May 16, 2026

And to think he still operates with such brute force that he was shoving Rocket defenders all over the court.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

Grandpa and Ma both hurry to the tailboard, shoving the wagon from behind.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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