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jockey | American Dictionary

jockey
noun[ C ]
us/ˈdʒɑk·i/

jockeynoun[C] (HORSE RIDER)

a person whose job is riding horses in races
jockey
verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
us/ˈdʒɑk·i/

jockeyverb[I always + adv/prep] (GET ADVANTAGE)

to attempt to obtain power or get into a more advantageous position than other people by using any methods you can:
TV news cameramen jockeyed for position near the podium.

Examples of jockey

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Such disputes were often the result of jockeying for position and power within society.
Not surprisingly ci-devant noble families started jockeying for positions in exactly the way that they had before 1789, by emphasizing their tradition of service.
We have to risk that chat and that jockeying for such possible coming to terms with things.
Choices included parents, siblings, respondents themselves, friends, teachers, schoolmates, classmates, instrumental teachers and radio disc jockeys.
Sub-divisional chiefs jockeyed to be divisional chiefs.
Vested interests jockeyed for power.
With good quality records and exciting live performances, artists can attract the attention of individual journalists and disc jockeys, even if they don't benefit from much daytime radio play.
When the race/competition starts you jockey for position ('try to get into a more powerful or advantageous situation', such as the inside track).
The position of balance was found by sliding the jockey along the potentiometer wire until the galvanometer gave no deflection when the key was depressed.
As they jockey for position, firms often adopt quite different strategies within the same industry.
In these ways, both players and teams jockey to improve their chances of making mutually satisfactory - and not random - arrangements.
Authorities of the same rank may jockey among themselves for greater power or influence.
There is a lot of jockeying for position on the question of abolition of tests.
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