Thesaurus results for SHOVING

shoving

verb

present participle of shove

as in pushing

to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one I had to keep shoving my heavy suitcase as I slowly made my way to the head of the line

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as in pressing

to push steadily against with some force quit shoving your hand in my face

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Recent Examples of shoving But hiding appliances isn’t quite as simple as shoving them into a cabinet and calling it a day. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026 Houston's Tari Eason was ejected with about three minutes left in the first quarter after receiving a flagrant foul 2 for shoving Washington to the court. — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Bizarrely, Jones wasn't happy about it, immediately shoving Cullen's hand off him and starting a screaming match. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 The line had been subject to shoving sessions in consecutive weeks, and ever since a seven-sack showing against Auburn in mid-September, Florida’s pass rush had taken a leave of absence. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026 Coaching is about maximizing your players, not shoving them into your ideal of the sport. — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Seattle goaltender Philipp Grubauer shoving Philadelphia's Trevor Zegras raised attention around the room not long after. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Court records show that Jang reported McKinsey to police in 2023, accusing him of shoving one of their children and using rough physical discipline with them generally. — Terry Chea, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026 The show seems to hope that the thrill of fan service will do the heavy lifting, shoving one seemingly meaningful cameo appearance after another in front of the camera. — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026

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Verb

These higher-than-usual high tides are supercharged by winds blowing onshore, pushing more seawater on land.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
For Jeffries to get a chance to take the speaker’s gavel, Democrats must attain a net gain of three seats, pushing their numbers to at least 218 -- a simple majority.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of pushing

Verb

The tags stay with the garments through the cleaning and pressing process, which can take several weeks.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Reproduction impacts other pressing matters such as childcare, public health, and social inequality.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of pressing

Verb

That's primarily the point, said Idaho House Majority Leader Jason Monks, a Republican who sponsored the measure as a means of driving up voter turnout during the midterm elections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Technique works well in testing This strategy optimizes both the transport and perovskite layers together, driving efficiency and durability to record levels.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of driving

Verb

Needless to say, there’s a lot going on in Butler’s busy, occasionally dizzying script, though compressing the approximately 550-page source material was surely no easy task.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The rapid earnings growth also has the effect of compressing multiples.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of compressing

Verb

According to police, and as the videos appear to show, the robot touches the 16-year-old's buttocks and repeatedly makes thrusting movements toward her.

— October 14, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Its aggressively artificial imagery evokes the kind of AI-slop, dreamcore videos that tend to populate social media these days, thrusting the audience into increasingly unsettling spaces that seem generated from a stranger’s hazy childhood.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026