bump off

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Recent Examples of bump off And the American women were, plainly, awful for the first 20 minutes, kicking the ball all over creation, getting bumped off their spots on the floor regularly and losing the energy battle to the ferocious French defenders. David Aldridge, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024 The camera follows the dog into a retro tiled bathroom, where Elizabeth Berkley is sitting in a shell-pink bathtub wearing a matching silk robe cutting grotesque black bumps off of her leg. Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024 So, when people describe the Fed as driving a car through a tunnel with a windshield painted black, guiding itself with the rearview mirrors, oil demand forecasting is more like feeling your way bumping off the walls. Michael Lynch, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 In serendipitous fashion, my husband and I met at JFK Airport as students when we were both bumped off a flight bound for Los Angeles. Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024 But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch. The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024 Airlines are booked, busy, and bruised Getting bumped off a flight wasn’t always considered an airline perk. Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 July 2024 The film was originally billed as a Netflix Original before it got bumped off the streamer’s annual release calendar — twice. Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024 Her Avianca flight to El Salvador left that day, but she was bumped off. Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bump off
Verb
  • The militant group, which was credited for helping save the Assad regime from Syrian rebels, is now significantly weakened, with most of its leaders assassinated.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Trump, too, will follow a president who removed the military options from every table, even after Iran sent its proxies to murder American soldiers and assassinate former U.S. officials.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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  • In 1965, Gloria Dickerson integrated the schools in Drew, just a few miles from where Till was murdered.
    Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Man wounded in shootout in Saraland parking lot accused of murdering girlfriend Quintero was arrested on Monday, Nov. 25, and charged with first-degree murder and fraudulent use of personal identification information, online court records show.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • With that, plus strong songs and a solid group of musicians there is much promise as Saint Blonde sails off to slay the dragon of anonymity.
    Eric Fuller, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • But choosing a dime-a-dozen country singer over contestants who just slayed Whitney and Prince, respectively?
    Charles Masson, TVLine, 25 Nov. 2024
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  • If the execution moves forward, Collings will be the 23rd inmate executed in the U.S. this year, with at least three more scheduled before January.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The display's welcoming name was inspired by the spirit of friendship, which is a key theme for both the Lower East Side gallery and Sentebale's work, deeply rooted in community engagement and collaborating with national and international organizations to execute programming.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Wash the sheets, take out the trash, put away clothes, clean the countertops.
    Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The Huskies are not ready to put away the soccer balls just yet.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • One of the workers took out a sledgehammer and smashed it.
    Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Brita Filtered Hard-side Plastic Water Bottle $23 $17 at Amazon According to Velez, water is the most common item that travelers forget to take out of their bags at security.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024

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