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And after many months of individual states jockeying for internal TikTok documents in their respective probes, the new lawsuits filed today reveal some of the early results of that work.
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Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
North Carolina and Georgia are key swing states, which has heightened the political stakes for the recovery effort and the jockeying around it.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Old conventions governing escalation have been cast aside; new actors have emerged, and all are jockeying for dominance.
—Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
Lebanon is a fractured society, with different religious and secular groups jockeying for power, and Hezbollah is hated by those who oppose its worldview, with little room for a middle ground.
—Nicole Narea, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
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Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
North Carolina and Georgia are key swing states, which has heightened the political stakes for the recovery effort and the jockeying around it.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Old conventions governing escalation have been cast aside; new actors have emerged, and all are jockeying for dominance.
—Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
Lebanon is a fractured society, with different religious and secular groups jockeying for power, and Hezbollah is hated by those who oppose its worldview, with little room for a middle ground.
—Nicole Narea, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jockey
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The Bengals engineered a 10-play, 73-yard drive that ended with a three-yard touchdown pass to Tanner Hudson.NBC News, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Every inch has been engineered for comfort, from the cozy fleece lining to the drawstring waistband.Esme Benjamin, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Medina has fielded plenty of offers to buy her home of 44 years — and she’s rejected them all.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Democrats have fielded two candidates, Brandy Reese and Nicholas Gonzales, in a bid to keep Pawlik's seat win Willoughby's.Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mack played only a handful of snaps because of a groin injury.Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 10 Nov. 2024
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The graduate student didn’t play in the season opener at Texas, only got in the game late against UNC, and played sparingly against CU before breaking out with a 156-yard, two-touchdown performance against UTEP.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Around 75,000 people in the study used some type of medication to treat alcohol use disorder.Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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All of us deserve to be treated equally and all of us deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jockey. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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