rump
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He had just separated the new Muslim state of Pakistan from the now-independent rump of largely Hindu India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Water and other specialties stay behind in the rump DuPont.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
But when the show’s first Hamlet, ambulated by an Oxford-trained actor named Dipo Ola, performs a few lines, he’s instantly more compelling than the sight of ParTeb shaking his rump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
Hopefully in the case of a more dangerous instance of impersonation, the rump staff at Twitter Support will be more helpful than it was to me.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2023
He’s ducking his rump under the current, swishing back and forth until the bandage comes off and floats away.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
All the other elephants in his herd run to him at the first sign of trouble; during calmer times, they willingly present him with their rumps in a seeming sign of submission.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
It has long been assumed that the primary hosts for avian flu are dabbling ducks, such as mallards, teals and shovelers, that feed on the surface and just below with their rumps in the air.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Females were more likely to bite the rumps of males at the most fertile phase of their reproductive cycle, researchers found.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2018
If you watch their weight over their rumps, that's where they usually lose it if they can't handle what you're giving them.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2012
He sat close to his uncle then, on the wagon seat, above the bony gray rumps of the mules.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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