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buttock

[buht-uhk] / ˈbʌt ək /


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ICE officials acknowledged that Ayala-Uribe died at the Victorville hospital while waiting for surgery for an abscess on his buttock.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2025

A woman who died during an operation for a buttock enlargement in Turkey was not given enough information to make a safe decision about the procedure, a coroner has concluded.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2023

Surgically speaking, a BBL is basically fat grafting, in which fat is moved from one location to your body to your buttock area.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2023

British journalist Nigel Ely wrote a 2017 book about a chunk of Saddam’s left buttock that he pried off the statue.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2023

Mr. Richard tried to help him get up and the pain shot up from his side and buttock to his head and eyes.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Airlines measure capacity using something called an available seat mile, which is one mile flown by one seat, with or without buttocks.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Non-surgical BBLs - like the one Webb is believed to have had - involves injecting dermal filler into the buttocks.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

If your pelvis sits at an angle—maybe because your legs are different lengths, maybe because you have scoliosis—the midline of the buttocks can tilt, and, boom, a crooked crack.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2026

This nerve is the largest in your body, branching from the lower back through your hips, buttocks and down each leg.

From Science Daily Dec. 15, 2025

Often when lost in thought he would slink so low in a chair that his buttocks would all but touch the floor.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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