bum-rush

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Recent Examples of bum-rush Listen to him bum-rush a workers’ union meeting and begin describing, with over-enthusiastic earnestness, how dogs get a raw deal. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 Reenactors portraying British sentries were bum-rushed by a swarm of whooping Green Mountain Boys. Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 When Klepper was covering a protest at a school board meeting, somebody bum-rushed him. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 May 2025 These artists bum-rushed the entire industry — from blazing defiant lyrics to becoming record mogul millionaires in corporate boardrooms; baggy jeans, baseball caps, leather sneakers and hoodies became a billion-dollar market. Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025 Right after Theo rejects the deal, Cory bum-rushes him. Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 The Cardinals bum-rushed the southpaw for a pair of solo homers in the opening frame. Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024 Earlier that day, outside of his hotel, people had bum-rushed the billionaire, angling for an autograph or selfie. Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bum-rush
Verb
  • After the fireworks exploded, after Orion Kerkering bent to his knees in despair, after the Los Angeles Dodgers mobbed the field and claimed the National League Division Series with a 2-1 walk-off win in Game 4, the Phillies processed it all in the Dodger Stadium visitors clubhouse.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 1795, hungry Londoners mobbed King George III’s coach demanding bread.
    Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In March 2022, he was charged with assaulting a health care worker.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The girl was between the ages of 4 and 10 when she was assaulted.
    Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dozens of agents swarmed the area along with a military vehicle, Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, told USA TODAY, saying agents used batons and mace on demonstrators.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Then a popular influencer walked in and the staff swarmed to their side, leaving my table in the dust.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the game, Elliott operated as the right ‘No 10’ (attacking midfielder), passing neatly and playing well in a first half that only offered promise in spurts.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • All patients were treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy drugs that help the immune system recognize and attack tumor cells more effectively.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • People in north Gaza thus started to rush to their relatives’ and friends’ homes searching for a grain of flour, even if it was filled with weevils.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Pollution, habitat loss and a pandemic-level fungus have brought countless species to the brink as researchers rush to find ways to protect the sensitive creatures.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 1495 Columbus retaliated by assailing Taíno villages and capturing chiefs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The last northeastern gallery in this competition assailed Montgomerie so relentlessly during his match with Payne Stewart that the Scotsman’s father walked off the course on the front nine.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both men are suspected of having been part of a team alleged to have robbed the Louvre last week.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The movie tries to pick up the threads of previous films, but, in attempting to make Myers more mystical, this film robs him of his knife-edge menace.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … YOUTH CHAOS – Sports reporter ambushed on air as bizarre teen trend leaves adults baffled.
    , FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But instead Lane, then 34, ambushed her — setting off a violent scramble through the residence that left Wilkins unconscious, her fetus cut from her womb.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Bum-rush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum-rush. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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