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[buht] / bʌt /








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"It is basically taking the idea of butt dials and what if they were a symptom of something more deadly."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Martha’s Vineyard, long known for attracting celebrities, has become the inevitable butt of memes as it battles the hostile arachnids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Gossip has whipsawed through Penn State group chats and become the butt of comment-section jokes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The robots might be the butt of the joke.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

“May all the doors you face in life swing open and never smack you in the butt as they close!”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

According to Wyoming paleontologist and study coauthor Jessica Lippincott, they are commonly nicknamed "squid butts" in the region.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

These included the Sarimukti Landfill in Bandung Regency, which torched dozens of hectares of land, and was suspected of having been caused by cigarette butts and a buildup of methane gas.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Taylor Swift fans have paid $25 for pieces of trash -- including cigarette butts and an ovulation test kit -- collected near the US pop queen's wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Wells Fargo suggests smoking a pork shoulder or ribs as an alternative to grilling burgers, with the average price for pork butts virtually unchanged from the prior year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

My mom and my brother bust their butts so I can eat and have somewhere to lay my head, and what do I do?

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas


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