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Recent Examples of tush Final notes: nice touch on the tush push formation that set up a surprise pitch left to Henderson for 14 yards on third-and-1. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025 Hurts wore out a defense without Micah Parsons on touchdown runs of 4 and 8 yards — no legal tush push needed. Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 Philly will save Jalen Hurts for the requisite tush pushing. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025 Doing tight curves, trying to muscle the craft with your legs and arms, and protecting your tush through big waves with your legs as shock absorbers does take effort. Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for tush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tush
Noun
  • The videoboard showed Fry, a bandage applied beneath his nose and stretching to both cheeks, waving the flag on the third-base line as the crowd roared.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Skeet is a diminutive figure with short, gray hair, and a round face with prominent cheeks.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cora planned for his players to test the right fielder’s bum elbow — the Red Sox always attack pinstriped vulnerabilities on the basepaths — and sure enough Nick Sogard turned a single into a double in the seventh because Judge can’t throw the ball.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Among them are South Korean’s CIA Director (Ryoo Seung-bum) and the Japanese Deputy Minister of Transport (Takayuki Yamada).
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jose Mourinho had just got up from his seat in the Benfica dugout, at the start of the game, when the Chelsea supporters in the Matthew Harding Stand at Stamford Bridge started to serenade him.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • As the applause continued, Clooney kissed his wife Amal, who looked emotional in her seat just behind him.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The bird had blue feathers on its back and tail and white spots on its wings, similar to a blue jay.
    Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Experts previously believed the tail was the main propulsive organ in nothosaurs.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The second was hit at 338 paces in the rump.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
  • His skin was taut with strength; his rump came right off his back like his father’s.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Tush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tush. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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