bum-rushing

present participle of bum-rush

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bum-rushing
Verb
  • Groups of amateur sleuths also cropped up in the hollows of tragedy to wrestle with the case and analyze rumors swarming the Horman family in online forums, echoing a familiar pattern of behavior on the internet in the face of long-unsolved criminal cases.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • The blistering noon heat is close to a hundred degrees, but the boys swarming the soccer arena seem to move with extra pace in their step.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • But nothing can prepare us for the horrific chaos of the attempted murder, with audience members, security and medics mobbing the stage to halt the attack and urgently tend to the victim.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The kick cut Pittsburgh’s lead to 14-9 and sent the Jaguars into the locker room buzzing, with teammates mobbing the second-year kicker in celebration.
    Tobias Bass, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His pace routinely bothered Sweden, including on one impressive solo run in the first half that produced a quality attacking scenario.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • The video then shows the woman throwing Martinez to the ground, grabbing her by the hair and repeatedly attacking her as bystanders try to step in and help.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • In 2017 and 2018, Werhan was arrested on separate occasions in Pittsfield, Massachusetts for allegedly assaulting his father and girlfriend, according to the warrant affidavit.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
  • Weinstein was originally convicted of assaulting both Mann and Haley in 2020, but that verdict was overturned on a 4-3 vote by the state’s highest court in 2024.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Want to stop raiding the fridge every night before bed?
    Dr. Deepika Chopra, Flow Space, 16 June 2026
  • While our dreams of raiding Tay Tay’s closet will likely never come true, that won’t stop of from borrowing her style and shopping Swift’s favorite designer brands.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Also in 2007, Spencer was sentenced concurrently to seven years in prison for choking a woman, slamming her head to the ground, and robbing her of her cellphone, and for smashing into a woman's car and ransacking it, prosecutors said.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Now that shares are hovering just above the company’s opening price, struggling to clear even the mid $150s by midday Wednesday, Musk’s net value has once again shrunk to a still-obscene $957 billion, according to Bloomberg‘s Billionaires Index, robbing him of his new honorific.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • With the flip of a light switch and the familiar clunk of a VHS tape sliding into a VCR, memories come rushing back for many collectors and movie lovers.
    Conor McGill, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Poor planning or rushing decisions can lead to costly and inconvenient design mistakes.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Speedy Jonah Cox replaced Devers, who tried to shoo him away before relenting and storming through the dugout.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
  • But to compare them with Thomas Jefferson or American soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy is absurd and more than a little insulting.
    Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
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“Bum-rushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum-rushing. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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