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Meanings of jostling in English

Catalan
trompada

The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)

trompada
Usage of jostling in English
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Canadian banks have already begun jostling for position in the nascent market.
Reuters
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Rules that produce majestic cohesion out of local jostling turn up everywhere.
Wired
3
They report discreet jostling for position ever since MacDougall's terminal illness emerged.
The Guardian
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The jostling crowd in the busy London thoroughfare he did not see.
The House of Whispers
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The carriage continued its jostling way towards Hexham, and Holmes went on.
White fire
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Patrice brought up the beam again, as soon as the jostling stopped.
Existence
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Their payload was too fragile and too valuable to risk jostling it.
Wild Storm
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There are many good subjects jostling in my head-andthat is all.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
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With independence in 1963, other communities moved in, jostling for scarce housing.
Reuters
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The old and the new jostling along harmoniously, the locals absolutely charming.
The South African
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Once more he tried to force a passage through the jostling crowd.
The Brand of Silence: A Detective Story
12
And it was there that Sandoz came upon him, amid the jostling.
His Masterpiece
13
Sommers escaped from the heated room with its noise and jostling men.
The Web of Life
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But after a few blocks of such jostling the going was easier.
Georgina of the Rainbows
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It will form a delightful contrast to great hotels and jostling crowds.
A Day of Fate
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Oxygen-deprived climbers jostling with each other for their place in the queue.
News.com.au
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Translations for jostling
Catalan
trompada
Jostling through the time
Jostling across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common