buttocks
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The potholed and dangerous roads of the Caucasus and Central Asia—Tajikistan’s Tunnel of Death lives up to its name—leave Mr. Barnes with aching buttocks and shattered nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Raine fortunately landed flush on her buttocks, rather than on bone, and got up, leaving the saloon without a backwards glance," he writes.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Airlines measure capacity using something called an available seat mile, which is one mile flown by one seat, with or without buttocks.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
This nerve is the largest in your body, branching from the lower back through your hips, buttocks and down each leg.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025
Mary Anne twisted the ear, Ben pushed off from the headboard, Karen grunted at the legs, and Matt had his head under his father’s buttocks shouting “Simba Barracuda.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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