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jostle someone around to push or knock someone around. Please don't jostle me around. Don't jostle around everyone! See also: around jostle someone aside to push or nudge someone aside. Poor little Timmy was jostled aside by the crowd every time he got near the entrance. The big kids jostled aside all the little ones. See also: aside jostle with someone to struggle with someone. Andy jostled with Fred for access to the door. Timmy and Bobby jostled with one another while they were waiting to get in. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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London, at the Paper Division meeting of the Spring 2006 Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Convention detailed the jostling for Chinese scrap paper market share that is taking place. One thing that sets this novel apart is that Raboteau's exploration of identity goes beyond "the black and white of it," beyond the biracial context to the human need for visibility and unconditional love and acceptance--as seen, for example, through Uncle Luscious's jostling for recognition in the face of B. What remains to be seen, however, is how much having an openly gay daughter can help the congressman from Missouri in a campaign in which nearly all the Democratic front-runners are jostling for the title of "gay-friendliest"--and if his daughter's openness will have any effect on Gephardt's position opposing equal marriage rights for gay men and lesbians. |
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