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The phrase "a shove for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a push or encouragement towards a particular action or goal.
Example: "She gave him a shove for taking the initiative to speak up in the meeting."
Alternatives: "a push for" or "an encouragement for".
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To the academy's leadership, such censure was not only an indignity but also a shove for an institution on a financial precipice.
They have wondered aloud whether a so-called "oligarchy" of bankers and industrialists, credited with controlling much of the economic and political power in Russia, may have given events a shove for reasons of their own.The notion of a new Russian oligarchy dates back to what happened during Mr Yeltsin's re-election campaign in 1996.
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Also, it's a push for unification and a nice shove for the "Drive" brand, which now serves as your online hard drive for everything…not just documents.
The larger, wearing a Boston Bruins jersey, gives the other player a few authoritative slaps with his gloved hand and a final shove for good measure before the other players break it up.
Ballack, the game's outstanding performer, found himself just behind Ferreira when Schweinsteiger hit his free-kick on the hour and, with a cheeky shove for his Chelsea team-mate, he had the space to head the ball past a stranded Ricardo.
As a series of running battles broke out, Costa was fortunate to stay on for a shove on Marquinhos, having been booked earlier for a wild lunge on Silva - the game degenerating into a niggly, fractious affair.
Moses was denied a penalty for a shove by Yacob before Mata's chipped ball found Sturridge, only for his flicked shot to be instinctively saved by Myhill.
Leo Ulloa, on for the ineffective Okazaki, saw a header ruled out for a shove, but Norwich, inspired by the dynamism of Mbokani, also went close in a frantic finale, leaving Neil frustrated with their first half showing.
Angelo Balanta, Luke Chadwick and Dean Lewington went close for the hosts, while Shaun Williams had a goal ruled out for a shove.
When does a nudge become a shove in seeking consent for organ donation?
It's more like a shove, with a kick for good measure.
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