are jockeying
- present progressive of jockey.
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His speech comes as the U.S. and China are jockeying for leadership of global AI, with the U.S. generally acknowledged on both sides to hold a small lead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"There are people who are jockeying for position and people who feel like they might have done enough, but then get a call to say they are not in the team and that is tough."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
His rivals know he's not going to do that so the main purpose of those who are at least polling in double digits occasionally are jockeying for second place just in case he keels over.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2023
The dinner was to discuss the Western Balkans’ future in the EU, which many of the region’s countries have already joined and the rest are jockeying to enter.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
He might grow tired of eating Irish dirt; he might pluck up spirit enough to tell these bullies who are jockeying him, and through him the British Empire, to go to the Divil.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
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