butt
Example Sentences
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenged the Teamsters union head to ‘stand your butt up’ so they could settle their differences during a Senate panel hearing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
"When you are new into an administration, when a company merges or many other issues and circumstances where you do have to butt heads sometimes," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
That Quinn and Jack Hughes agreed to be the butt of the joke by simply standing there is enough in the show’s non-partisan judgment.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
O’Brien said he’d “love to,” Mullin told him to “Stand your butt up then,” and O’Brien said, “You stand your butt up.”
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
I high-five Haley again, who still doesn’t get up, but this time when I do, I clasp my hands in hers and shake my butt at Semaj.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.