butting

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Steyer, who founded his group in 2003, has long advocated walking a line between being an activist butting heads with tech and media companies, and partnering with them on safety.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

In TLC’s furthering of awareness on OI, the series introduces Jay Manuel and Pamela Chavez by highlighting their upbeat, can-do attitude butting up against the harsh realities of society and their own medical limitations.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 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

I first started butting heads with Dad in 1948—I was only nine—because he dragged us away from Mississippi.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe