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buttock

[buht-uhk] / ˈbʌt ək /


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ICE officials acknowledged that Ayala-Uribe died at the Victorville hospital while waiting for surgery for an abscess on his buttock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025

A woman who died during an operation for a buttock enlargement in Turkey was not given enough information to make a safe decision about the procedure, a coroner has concluded.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023

Surgically speaking, a BBL is basically fat grafting, in which fat is moved from one location to your body to your buttock area.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2023

British journalist Nigel Ely wrote a 2017 book about a chunk of Saddam’s left buttock that he pried off the statue.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

“Only time I’ve ever seen Dad as angry as Mum. Fred reckons his left buttock has never been the same since.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

If your pelvis sits at an angle—maybe because your legs are different lengths, maybe because you have scoliosis—the midline of the buttocks can tilt, and, boom, a crooked crack.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

The study also found that people who used tanning beds were more likely to develop melanoma on body areas that are usually shielded from the sun, such as the lower back and buttocks.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025

He barely made it a few feet before he felt a stinging pain as first one foam round, then another slammed into his buttocks and his back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

He sat down on her little cane rocking chair and his buttocks hung over on each side.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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