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butted in





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A boy near me butted in: "Wow, you don't get this?"

From Salon Oct. 24, 2024

“OBJECTION,” the defense butted in, though it was overruled.

From Slate Oct. 5, 2023

As he explained that his ministry had launched a programme to produce helicopter engines in St Petersburg that were previously made in Ukraine, the president butted in, complaining it was all taking too long.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2023

At Hollywood High School, her classmates included Linda Evans, Tuesday Weld and Yvette Mimieux, a "movie star, even when she butted in front of you in the cafeteria line."

From Fox News Dec. 20, 2021

“But the flag was gone. If you hadn’t butted in, we would’ve won.”

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan



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