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That peace has been recently shaken by several quakes that jostled the region to attention, including a 4.4-magnitude under Pasadena in mid-August that sent a jolt across Los Angeles.
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Stephanie Elam, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Advertisement In the southern city of Tyre, a gaggle of scooter drivers gathered around the only gas station still open, jostling to fill up tanks, gallons and even plastic water bottles with fuel.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
This framing is echoed in Kinds of Kindness in a scene in which one of Stone’s characters is roofied and then raped, her head jostling as her unconscious body is assaulted by someone offscreen.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
McMillan was drifting into the area, jostling with Hunter one-on-one.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Elam, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Advertisement In the southern city of Tyre, a gaggle of scooter drivers gathered around the only gas station still open, jostling to fill up tanks, gallons and even plastic water bottles with fuel.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
This framing is echoed in Kinds of Kindness in a scene in which one of Stone’s characters is roofied and then raped, her head jostling as her unconscious body is assaulted by someone offscreen.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
McMillan was drifting into the area, jostling with Hunter one-on-one.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Jostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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