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butting

[buht-ing] / ˈbʌt ɪŋ /






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Kelce’s brother, Jason, and his wife, Kylie, have admitted to butting heads regularly about whether to adopt cats.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Each has something the other needs, which pulls them together despite occasionally butting heads.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2026

Yet "butting against this is the national debt, which is now around $36 trillion."

From Salon Jan. 5, 2025

But just two years after ascending to power, that ability seems to have fizzled out – leaving Gachagua butting heads with the president and in a position where many legislators are pushing for his removal.

From BBC Oct. 1, 2024

At first Dad was irritated, because he thought one of the older children was butting in.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey



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