People were pushing and shoving to get to the front.

人们推推搡搡，向最前面挤。

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When the girls tried to escape through the doors, the girls in front could not open the doors because of all of the girls pushing from behind.

当女孩们试图从这些门逃生时，前面的女孩根本无法打开门，因为所有的女孩都从后面往前推。

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"There were about 100 people when we got here at 9pm last night and there has been a lot of pushing to get to the front, " Romina Talamonti from Argentina said.

“昨晚9点，我到这里的时候已经有大约100人在排队了，为了能排到前面，很多人挤来挤去，”来自阿根廷的罗米纳·塔拉蒙蒂说。

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At half-time Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez tweaked his formation to a 4-3-3, pushing Babel closer to the front two and freeing Yossi Benayoun in midfield.

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In my neighborhood it took many shapes all of which involved two kids pushing each other to the brink (in front of others) to see which one would give in first.

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