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In Greenland, where Washington and Beijing have been jostling over access to the world’s largest rare-earth deposits, Critical Metals Corp, the U.S. subsidiary of European Lithium Limited, won the bid to acquire a controlling share in the Tanbreez Rare Earth Mine.
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Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
In the majority of Malawi's schools, students sit on the floor, jostling for space in a crowded classroom, struggling to concentrate and write legibly.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Competition for influence The Kremlin isn’t the only foreign power jostling for influence in Africa.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
In the majority of Malawi's schools, students sit on the floor, jostling for space in a crowded classroom, struggling to concentrate and write legibly.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Competition for influence The Kremlin isn’t the only foreign power jostling for influence in Africa.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Jostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jostle. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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