butting (on or against)

present participle of butt (on or against)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for butting (on or against)
Verb
  • Worden was found dead later that night in a woodshed adjoining Gein's house, hanging from her heels.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Her son, later identified as now 30-year-old Martin Caballero-Diaz, was found in the bathroom at the front adjoining home and detained, officials said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Left out of Chelsea’s Champions League squad a day after joining, before being drafted in after Essugo’s injury.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Prior to joining Paramount, Aronson served as domestic distribution chief at 20th Century Fox, until the Walt Disney Company bought the studio in 2018.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps most importantly, Pettersson played those minutes while flanking Marcus Pettersson and playing the right side.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The commissioners flanking the girl, who barely reaches their shoulders, face one another over her head.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Any area where people are touching the same surfaces can be a risk, and people can get infected from touching items in those areas.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The broad market index started the day modestly higher, touching a new all-time intraday high, before fizzling a bit and trading near the flatline.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Leslie Cheek’s formerly private estate opened as a public garden and fine art center in 1960 and today is host to nearly a dozen gardens surrounding the family’s Georgian mansion, which has become a museum.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That rapid rise underscores the investment frenzy surrounding the leaders of a technology with the potential to transform industries and economies.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The coffee shop has become a go-to for far east side Detroiters who have long traveled to neighboring Grosse Pointe for a nearby caffeine fix.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The recent discovery of what was initially thought to be an explosive device on a body brought to Indianapolis for examination could indicate more trouble at a neighboring county's coroner office already wracked by recent upheaval.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Butting (on or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butting%20%28on%20or%20against%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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