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
  • President Joe Biden extended it after Haitiian President, Jovenel Moïse was assassinated on July 7, 2021.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In the late 1990s, there were calls for the citizenship of Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, to be removed.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When one of the contestants is murdered live on air, the remaining cast members become the prime suspects.
    — L.M. Chilton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Flynn is accused of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, who was found dead at their home in Tipp City on February 16.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • With career-defining performances from Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins, this movie still absolutely slays 35 years after it was released.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When his friend Richard (Leo Suter) slays Beatrice’s husband as well, the two come up with a scheme to marry the sisters and take over their property.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The 30-logical-qubit demonstration represents an important data point in the industry’s effort to move from isolated quantum experiments toward machines capable of executing increasingly long and reliable computations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Without official support from the US, however, any such agreement will be difficult to execute.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On the morning of drop-off day, Kat asks Gen to check in with Joy about some plates that need to be put away, a task that does not require the use of one’s wrist.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The angel in the end zone With less than four minutes to go in a game that the Cowboys were looking to put away up 10, Prescott was set up with another second down, this time from the Washington 24-yard line.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • From Oklahoma on up to the Dakotas, Republicans have won every Senate race since 2013, when the Tea Party took out Nebraska’s Ben Nelson.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The deal calls for Paramount to take out Warner stockholders for $31 a share.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Bump off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20off. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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