bump off

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Recent Examples of bump off Iyo went after Liv, but Raquel hit a pounce on Iyo, who bumped off the table. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 2026 Midway through, Clinton is bumped off at a monastery while dressed as a monk in Raquel Welch drag, and his guests must unravel the crime. Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025 Smith, a tall 25-year-old gay Black man determined to have a fun night on the town, picks up a bag of coke and immediately does a bump off his key. Ana Osorno, Them., 21 Nov. 2025 Leganes’ Oscar Rodriguez learned this the hard way in May, getting bumped off the ball with the sort of front-footed tackle Agoume enjoys. Carl Anka, New York Times, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bump off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bump off
Verb
  • The congregation was the organizing place for the sanitation workers’ strike that brought King to town in March 1968, weeks before he was assassinated there.
    Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Kennedy, who was born after her father was assassinated, credits not only him but her whole family with inspiring her.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The two hearings are expected to draw as much attention as the trial in June, when a jury found Anthony guilty of murdering Austin Metcalf and sentenced him to 35 years in prison.
    J.D. Miles, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The trial of a Boston-area mother charged with murdering her three small children in 2023 is leading to calls to improve postpartum mental health care.
    Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Additionally, interviews and encounters with the slain officers’ family members also illustrate the cost and harm of a job that was formed in the early 19th century and remains antiquated and unchanged in our 21st-century world.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In a long campaign wielding the sword, converting Venezuela to the dollar would stand as his biggest dragon-slaying victory ever.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Since 2007, Japan has begun disclosing the names of those executed and some details of their crimes, but disclosures are still limited.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Over time, the company may still execute effectively within individual channels while those channels move in different directions.
    Don Dodds, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Defender Kevin O'Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Defender Kevin O’Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Deadline can confirm that Grande’s label is working to get the song taken out of the clip.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In another clip, a student records himself quarreling with a teacher asking him to take out his notes.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Bump off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20off. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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