Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butting
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Five years later, Marquinhos was chest-bumping Thiago Silva, his countryman and mentor at PSG, after forcing Mohamed Salah to run the ball out of play at the Parc des Princes for Liverpool.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Kansas State transfer tight end Brayden Loftin played in 12 personnel looks with the first-team offense, mainly blocking, but bumping out to the slot, too.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s effective closure of the strait, through which a fifth of global oil transits in peacetime, has sent oil prices skyrocketing, pushing up the cost of gasoline, food and other basic goods far beyond the Middle East.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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All those metrics are quickly met in the Ultra Fit class, but vigorous activity comes in many forms, each pushing the body to its limit in a short span of time.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The footage, shared on social media, shows a man in a long trench coat kicking the front door of a home in Fairfield on April 7, punching the Ring camera, and demanding the homeowner open up.—
Cierra Morgan
Connect
April 13,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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The farm animals turn back into humans after kicking alien butt.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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The suspension resulted from a September 2023 incident outside BMO Stadium, in which witness video obtained by The Times showed Urías pulling his wife’s hair and shoving her against a fence.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Dowling, who oversees the SRG in his role as assistant chief of special operations, was previously accused of pulling a female protester’s hair and shoving her to the ground in downtown Manhattan in 2020.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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For his part, Anderson possessed a wry sense of humor and wasn’t above poking fun at himself.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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This second season is once again poking at inertia and stasis and how romantic relationships can crumble into a series of self-destructive choices.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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For a piece in this week’s issue, Dhruv Khullar, a practicing physician and a contributing writer, investigated this growing industry, speaking to the doctors who are tinkering with compounds and the users gamely jabbing themselves in a quest for self-optimization.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Where their debut roars, jabbing with hooks, Two Wheels Move the Soul instead inverts the noise until the sound becomes pillowy and comforting.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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Swalwell, a Democrat, is among a crowded field of candidates jostling for advantage in a race in which a small margin could decide who advances to the November general election.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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So, how to make the most of a visit without getting bogged down in mobs of tour groups and Instagrammers jostling for the iconic shot?—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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Kuhner is a writer, and, a few months after his family arrived, neighbors started prodding him to take over the local bookstore, which was being sold.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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And six years later, Donovan is still prodding and cajoling the forward to crash the boards and control his dribble and contribute physically to the game.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Butting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butting. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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