bum-rushing

present participle of bum-rush

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bum-rushing
Verb
  • The unsealed videos showed officers, including former CMPD officer Heather Loveridge, swarming the home of a man who was accused of trafficking methamphetamine.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These deliveries became sites of chaos, with crowds swarming the trucks and armed Hamas fighters hiding among civilians to attack the distributors, who defended themselves.
    Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • In addition, nine other suspects were arrested for allegedly attacking law enforcement officers over the summer during immigration enforcement operations in and around Los Angeles.
    Louis Casiano , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In June 2023, Smith was diagnosed with osteomyelitis, a potentially rare and life-threatening bone infection that was attacking her lower vertebrae.
    Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Booth was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree child abuse, assault and three counts of resisting, assaulting or obstructing police.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • She was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree child abuse, felonious assault and assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, investigators said.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Under the administration of then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a 2008 crackdown on the area’s counterfeiters — with federal agents and police raiding 32 vendors selling knockoff luxury goods — led to $1 million worth of counterfeit goods being seized.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • While many consider the mammal a nuisance for raiding garbage cans and damaging property, raccoons can also carry diseases, and they probably shouldn't be kept as housepets.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The man tried to escape, but the group followed him, knocked him to the ground and continued attacking him before robbing him of his watch and shoes, prosecutors said.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The series also links Gein — who confessed to killing two women, robbing countless graves and making items of the body parts of his victims — to both the sensation about true crime stories and to many horror films that featured over-the-top killers.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Except for the blood that was rushing away from his body, pouring out from his neck, his throat split open wide as a shark’s mouth.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Chase Brown also helped open up the passing game, rushing for 108 yards on 11 carries.
    Jon Conahan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The college football season has now reached its midway point, and while numerous punishments have already been handed down to programs this year—most stemming from field-storming incidents—Tuesday brought a notable enforcement under a different policy.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Jenna Reneau, who was listed as the third official from the Lynx game Reeve was ejected from after storming onto the court following a late no-call that left Napheesa Collier injured, was one of three new hires the NBA announced Wednesday.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Bum-rushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum-rushing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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