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butting

verb

present participle of butt

as in bumping

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Against this stripped down but still bumping backdrop, Christmas and Crack’s loose, witty braggadocio shines.

— Brendan Hay, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026
In June, Luna hopped clumsily from one branch to another, bumping Sandy off her perch and sending her to a branch below.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

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For the first time, Fed officials described the demand generated by AI infrastructure buildouts as something that could continue to drive up prices for tech products and electricity—thereby pushing up inflation.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Canada has responded with its own retaliatory tariffs and pledged an aid package for affected companies, with Prime Minister Mark Carney commanding public support for the economic pain that will result from pushing back.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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Golf equipment powerhouse Callaway ended its partnership with Good Good Golf amid the justified backlash over a video ad for a new Callaway driver that depicts a man aggressively shoving a woman to the ground.

— Greg Cote August 30, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
Pre-fight tensions escalated at the weigh-ins, with Itauma shoving Hrgovic off the stage, leading to a retaliatory slap from Hrgovic, adding fuel to the already compelling matchup.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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Most of what’s actionable comes from the signal that might be poking through.

— Ben Gretch, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
In the shade of a dense forest canopy, Odette Kouakou paces through her grove of cocoa trees, snapping off dead leaves and poking the ripe yellow pods hanging down from the branches with a stick.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of poking

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Years ago, after Jake died, my instinct as a medical student was anger — clenching my teeth and jabbing a pen into my notepad, making a line of inky holes along the margin.

— Caroline Cherston, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
That’s partly the result of actions by Curtis, like taking customer’s phone calls and jabbing at a competitor on social media.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

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But economic and political pressures, both domestic and international, have been prodding policymakers to rethink the path and the pace of getting there.

— Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
The White House also couldn’t resist prodding Swift when the singer married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, unleashing a series of memes on the day of the wedding in July.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of prodding

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