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butting

verb

present participle of butt

as in bumping

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There can be two women who are strong and dynamic, who are, at points, up against each other or bumping heads, but have the same mission and goal.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
These combined create a soundscape that'll keep you bumping and immersed in your audio.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of bumping

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On Frequency of Love, Monét stretches out, pushing the boundaries of the sophisticated, retro sound of her previous album and finding some surprising new angles to her songwriting.

— Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
The Kremlin has banned diesel exports due to the Ukrainian strikes, pushing global prices higher.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of pushing

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And even the kicking game started to slip a little bit on Sunday.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
During the struggle which continues for several minutes, each of the police officers is seen repeatedly punching and kicking Gibson, kneeling on his head, and pulling his hair.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of kicking

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Protesters and police were seen shoving one another during the demonstration as officers began to set barricades, and some demonstrators threw water bottles at the officers.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
But Hill admitted to shoving his wife Keeta Vaccaro, 30, against the wall during an argument inside their Sunny Isles condo.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of shoving

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Sometimes only the tips of the reeds and the seed heads were visible, poking above the murky water, and other times the reeds stood fully exposed, with a clear view of crabs clambering around their bases.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Video posted to social media showed one car nearly submerged, with just its sunroof poking above the water, as people moved other vehicles farther from the rising tides.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 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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