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When he substitutes a pitcher or a hitter and it works out, Dave is a hero, and when it doesn’t work out, Dave is a bum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

While not a medical diagnosis, some users complain of how their body shape changes, including a deflated or saggy bum, dubbed Ozempic butt.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Advancements that seek to end the friction of reality — the freak occurrences, edge cases and bum luck of a given day — ultimately sap the world of excitement and color.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

But sometimes you can’t, like when you ask a chatbot a factual question and get a bum steer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

“And did you also guess that within a day at most, Kronos will bum away that mortal body and take on the true form of a Titan king?”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Certainly not from the game itself; basketball moves fast, and a bummer can become a bust in a blink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

While owners can turn off the banner ads, doing so eliminates the widget altogether, a bummer for Brian Bosworth, a media-industry engineer who liked the feature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

A bummer for the Lakers that they’ll have to face good teams in the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

Word got around quickly, and the teachers all ignored it, which was a bummer for Jules.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Say," he cried, "Snake's Fall is just the bummest location this side of the Sahara on a Sunday.

From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell

I tried to get into the gym and, I don’t know, something about the gym environment really bums me out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

But then, the bon ton, not content with padding only bums, moved the bustle round to the tummy at the front.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

Always forthright with his opinions, Lord Sugar made recent headlines by airing his views on topics including working from home, telling workers to "get their bums back to the office".

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025

I look at guys who party and don’t work out and that kind of bums me out, and I go, “Hey, man, not allowed to do that. That’s not the way it works.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

She is walking down Fulton Street in her mauve velour jogging suit, past the shabby May’s department store with mannequins from another era, past shuttered shops and bus-stop benches draped with sleeping bums.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

“In the office, we actually get really bummed when we realize we’re having a conversation and we forgot to turn on Granola,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"The level is crazy. I had to put a lot down to get here, but I am definitely bummed how we couldn't fully do a final," Brown told World Skate.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

Bowen Yang is in a huge number of commercials these days, and every time I see him, I get a little more bummed out.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026

"We were so bummed that we weren't able to be there at Fallon," says Kang in a rare moment of non-total positivity.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

The only thing I was a little bummed about is that I never got to say goodbye to any of my teachers at Beecher Prep.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

We had this life that was mainly just bumming around on your bike and drinking coffee.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023

Her family life was volatile, though, and she left home at 15 or so, bumming around the Bay Area.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2023

By the time the clock hit zeros, the Steelers were bumming and the Chiefs were celebrating.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

The NFL has squeezed its overtime period from 15 minutes to 10, bumming out some.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021

I thought maybe I might stop in a phone booth and give old Jane Gallagher a buzz before I started bumming my way west, but I wasn't in the mood.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger