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butting

verb

present participle of butt

as in bumping

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Simply bumping the protein number on a label doesn’t produce those outcomes on its own.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
This clamshell pack from Mystery Ranch has durable materials, solid stitching, and reinforced seams that help keep out dust from bumping around in a Land Cruiser.

— Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bumping

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Leo Your ego clashes with others, often pushing you to prove a point impatiently and restlessly.

— Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Goolsbee also noted that forecasters had spent more than a year pushing back the date when inflation was supposed to peak and start falling.

— Chloe Taylor,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of pushing

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For a player with an English father and Mexican mother, raised in Idaho and now kicking for Kansas, there is plenty wrapped up in that flag.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Scanlan is a junior midfielder on the soccer team and is kicking for the Caravan’s four-time defending state champion football team.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of kicking

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Eventually, Reacher bests Amisha by shoving her out of a window to fall to the street below.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
Last month, Good Good Golf lost its partnership with Callaway and its title sponsorship of a PGA Tour event in the fallout over a video for a new driver that showed a man shoving to the ground a woman who was trying to touch the golf club.

— Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoving

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One of the most iconic fall looks is a pair of tall boots with a knit sock poking over the top.

— Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Even Watford’s mascot got involved, standing behind one of the goalposts ahead of the game and poking its head out with a binocular gesture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of poking

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When handcuffed by investigators, Thakor denied jabbing his wife with a knife.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of jabbing

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The defense kept prodding James to tell more about the Compton gang war, the hatred between both sides, what really happened on that night in Las Vegas.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
But the forces prodding Shin to boost rates are increasingly affecting Fed policy decisions.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of prodding

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