butting
Example Sentences
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“I spent years butting my head against the wall, like, ‘Why can’t I get more budget for this author?’”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Instead, investors doubled down on soaring precious metals as gold prices continued to break new ground, butting up close to $4,900 a troy ounce.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 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
“Now look who’s butting in,” complained one of the doctors.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
