jostle
The jostling for front row seats in St Peter's Square will be intense for the Pope's visit.
The crisis brought the political jostling of the previous three years to a climax.
In the initial jostling to be host city, New Orleans seemed to be the favourite.
Behind the scenes, the jostling has begun.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Pushing and shoving
bat
bat something/someone away
boop
bring
bring someone down
bundle
dig
elbow
goad
mash
poke
poke/dig someone in the ribsidiom
prod
propel
push
rib
shoulder
upend
upset
wrangle
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Competing and contending (non-sporting)