Example Sentences

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AI usage in China -- the world's second-largest economy which is jostling with the US for an edge in the AI race -- was 16.4 percent, the report said.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

India and Pakistan have been squaring up to each other too, and China is jostling for dominance.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

What you don’t get is jostling crowds, timed admission, smartphones and selfie-sticks, which makes it a bargain.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019

While everyone else is jostling for a photo with T. rex, stand on the platform between the theater and T. rex and you can snap a photo with the diplodocus looming over your shoulder.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2019

It’s strange; somehow being back in the outside world is jostling my memories.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy