as in to butt in
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A lot of people lose their butts in a bookstore, but the successful bookstores are becoming more successful.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Or, that of the athlete who kicks butt in the regular season, only to wilt in the playoffs.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
18 Feb. 2026
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But a producing interest can obtrude on the artistic process by imposing artificial deadlines and prioritizing the needs of the theater over the work itself.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Aug. 2022
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Instigated by the dictatorship invading territories long ago ceded to the English, the war was the new government’s futile attempt to restore a nationalist fantasy of Argentina’s borders (and distract from the country’s collapsing economy).—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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At least the Bush administration put some effort into its false claim that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had WMDs, thus the need to invade Baghdad in 2003.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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The simulations also show that Chrysalis would have perturbed Iapetus's orbit, leading to its high inclination.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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The selloff also coincided with a probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, which perturbed global investors over the potential of a loss of Fed independence.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Civil liberties groups argue these bills could infringe on First Amendment rights.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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So long as individuals do not infringe on the rights of others, the government should not interfere.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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With a 45% increase in unsheltered homelessness in the state, lawmakers are proposing legislation to prohibit municipalities from using general laws like trespassing against unhoused people who are simply resting or storing their belongings on public land.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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The people who trespassed at the Capitol, and committed disorderly behavior, enabled the mob violence.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Some states now argue that prediction markets, which are federally regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and often offer betting lines on outcomes in sporting events, are encroaching on their regulated sportsbooks.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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These insects are still evolving, and humans are increasingly encroaching on wild areas—more mosquitoes could continue to adapt to prefer feasting on us over other animals.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
26 Feb. 2026
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The pipeline workers, visibly agitated by our taunts, occasionally yelled back.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Paramount has continued to agitate for more fulsome negotiations to buy Warner.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Cut in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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