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bunting

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verb

present participle of bunt

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Recent Examples of bunting
Noun
Red, white and blue bunting, flyovers and overreaction. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 Artists used everything from traditional fishbowl terrariums to more sophisticated Wardian cases, which were used to support a myriad of tropical plants, including begonias, gesneriads, and specialty carnivorous plants, says bunting. Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 9 Mar. 2026 Because there’s swinging and missing, and then there’s bunting and missing, bunting and missing, then bunting foul for strike three. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026 Teodosio has vowed to make bunting for hits a bigger part of his game. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bunting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunting
Noun
  • He was named the full-time manager during the Phillies’ pennant run.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Stearns would be the lone skipper of the trio to be let go by their respective team without winning the pennant.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That’s evidenced by the GOP’s skirting of the issue.
    CNN.com, Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Dominator 3, at its base a Ford F-350, features an armored shell and skirting designed to keep winds from lifting the vehicle; strong windows, equipment for tracking weather data and a hydraulic spike system used to anchor the vehicle to the ground.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Alongside Cruise feeding and stroking his dying cat while walking around his mansion with his gut hanging out, there are shots of planes readying for battle and collapsing polar ice caps.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Two-year-old Lily Capasso stopped by, stroking a small paint brush on the starting line – a sign that the world’s most iconic marathon is for everyone, no matter their age.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Tight ends had a banner weekend with 22 picked, the most since 2015, according to Sportradar, as the league’s trend of more multi-tight-end formations put a premium on the position.
    Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Atlanta stadium covers logos on exterior Earlier this week, workers with the stadium scaled the exterior of the building to hang a massive FIFA banner over the Mercedes-Benz logo.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For this super laidback, windchill-ready look, Hadid wore a beanie hat over her plaits, ski goggle-like black sunglasses, and black leather gloves.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Low-tension styles are no longer just a few neat plaits.
    Donnetta Monk, Essence, 21 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • After half an hour of mat stretches, Mira and two other students climbed onto Swedish ladders, hung with their backs to the wall, and did a set of leg lifts, tapping their feet against their heads.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Either apply the product to the back of your hand before picking it up with a brush, or simply swipe it directly onto your cheeks, tapping it in with your fingertips.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Outside the event at the Vancouver Convention Center there was a small group of protestors holding Iranian flags.
    Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Alex Taubes, an attorney and advocate, said the probate court flags when formerly incarcerated people are set to receive an inheritance, whether that be money or property.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The star was dipped in a rainbow of colors from her décolletage down to the spiral train of her body-hugging dress with fringe falling down the cuffs of the long-sleeve gown.
    Beatrice Dupuy, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
  • Most of the other players from those two draft classes either aren’t on the team anymore or are fringe backups who haven’t been cut yet to improve the GM’s optics.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026

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“Bunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunting. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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