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Recent Examples of bunt
Hundreds of locals piled into boats and sped out of the harbor to the loud crack of a starting pistol, bunting fluttering in the wind, as offerings were thrown onto the shores of a tiny, uninhabited island.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site will be publicly memorializing the passing of President Carter with the use of mourning bunting on the Presidential museum for a 30-day period.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2024
Aug 20, left fielder and potential team MVP Jurickson Profar showed bunt, hit a decisive home run, then defended his near-decision to bunt.
—Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
And good luck bunting off these pitchers, with their stuff.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site will be publicly memorializing the passing of President Carter with the use of mourning bunting on the Presidential museum for a 30-day period.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2024
Aug 20, left fielder and potential team MVP Jurickson Profar showed bunt, hit a decisive home run, then defended his near-decision to bunt.
—Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
And good luck bunting off these pitchers, with their stuff.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunt
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Golfers use these metal clubs for stroking the ball into the hole.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Winner: Photoshop Text, Shapes, Drawing, and 3D Photoshop’s text capabilities are deep, with options like glow, stroking, and even glyph editing (changing parts of characters).—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
2 Mar. 2025
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Take a look at the stocks below: Technology stocks have been battered in the sell-off, dragged down by not only macroeconomic headwinds, but also concerns about a slowdown in artificial intelligence investment.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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The carrots are lightly battered in a tempuralike coating.—
Kaitlyn Rosati,
New York Daily News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Republicans could see narrowing the ability to access the credits as a way to tap a large pot of money to pay for an extension of President Trump's tax cuts.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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In 1987, Hardy was tapped to be the Tribune’s lead political reporter as well as a columnist.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Chelsea captain picked out Mac Allister’s darting run, and the Liverpool midfielder flicked the ball cleverly over a desperate Bento.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Masterminded by hairstylist Peter Burkill, a fair few inches have been eliminated from Brown’s mane, leaving her with a thick and voluminous chin-grazing bob that gently flicks inwards towards the ends.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2025
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Are Puerto Rican filmmakers pushing for this to change?—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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But a significant portion of the rising demand came from high temperatures—particularly heat waves in India and China—that pushed consumers and businesses to crank up air conditioning.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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The west-southwest winds today will blow over the entire fetch of Lake Erie, helping to shove the water towards the eastern end of the lake.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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With opening day barely a week away, most of the phenoms and prospects have seen their big-league uniforms shoved in the back of the closet.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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The video shows narwhals using their tusks to jab and stun the fish, which could indicate how narwhals interact with their prey.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Lawrence has been so successful for so long at helping entitled rich kids get admitted to Ivy League schools (specifically and exclusively Ivies) that one of them comes back to jab him with a fencing foil.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Phillip Solomon had an unaired 'full emotional breakdown' during Deal or No Deal Island Sometimes players butt heads in the game but then make up and are friendly outside of it.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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In the game, players control Abby, a soldier caught in the throes of a post-apocalyptic militia and cultish religion who butts heads with co-lead Ellie, leading to ghastly consequences.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunt. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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