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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bum's rushes
Noun
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There will be no American boots on the ground.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026 -
The hair on the boots were singed but the flames quickly petered out, a video of the incident shows.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These firings, as well as resignations, shrunk the number of judges in the nation's immigration courts by about a quarter in the last year, even when accounting for new hires.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2026
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The churn of top personnel follows the firings of thousands of agency staff though reduction-in-force cuts.—
Jamie Gumbrecht,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Young, who had a career-best 12 sacks, is entering the final season of his rookie contract and is eligible for an extension.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Referring to the sacks, Straughter recently showed visitors a cotton pick sack suspended from the gallery’s tall ceiling.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Bum's rushes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum%27s%20rushes. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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