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rump

[ruhmp] / rʌmp /


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We’ve shipped enormous quantities of rump across the Pacific for ground beef for hamburgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

"We get really nice fruit and veg in, biscuits - last week we had some really nice rump steak which went down a storm."

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 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

A pigeon was pecking him on the rump, pecking him and giggling.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

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

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

The same dividers that separated the horses swung behind their rumps, boxing them in.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2011

In the middle of the mall is a ring with benches where humans can sit on their rumps while they eat soft pretzels.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate


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