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rumps

noun

plural of rump

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits she plopped down on her rump to listen to the campfire story

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Recent Examples of rumps Yellow-rumps, as birders call them, have been seen migrating through northern Illinois even in April and late March. — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers. — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 He has been vilified for his notorious drawings of oversized women with ample rumps and thick, powerful legs, definitely objectified and more or less turned into meat-at-the-ready. — David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025

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After Swift appeared with Fazit’s Gold Speckles makeup patches decorating her cheeks, the brand reported a 3,500 percent increase in direct-to-consumer sales.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Pictures of Isaiah Harrison from 2024 show a bubbly, heavyset boy with a toothy smile and full cheeks.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Kennedy’s Albany is a vital, violent place, a hothouse of gangsters, pool hustlers, bums, crooked politicians, and showgirls.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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Other vipers are known to flick their tails, especially baby vipers with bright green or neon yellow tail tips that might appear like a wiggly worm to unsuspecting frogs.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
Crawfish étouffée, the Cajun dish made by his dad, John Jefferson, features crawfish tails in a flavorful, buttery gravy served over rice.

— Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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More women have seats at the tables that Violet, Doralee and Judy could only deliver coffee (or blackmail) to.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
This year, 51 percent of ballet-ticket buyers were under the age of 50 with 20-somethings in the majority of those seats.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026

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