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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

Baker, a Dartmouth College grad and former ski bum who once worked as a housekeeper at a mountain lodge in Utah, started working at Fidelity in 1999 as an analyst.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

If Leeds lose this, then it is squeaky bum time for them with games to come against Tottenham and West Ham, but they won't mess up.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 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

Her fire is quenched, she who used to bum so bright.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

While that data was more reliable, the $60 upcharge for the upper arm band is a bummer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

She detects a generalized funk poisoning our existence and asks, not unreasonably, “What is with this bummer veil cast over everything fun or exciting?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

Well, Carney’s made a movie about darkness and it’s a total bummer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

"It's hard to think of them as suspects because we really like all of them. It's a bummer to think that one of them is letting Buttons out of the animal pen."

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene

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

Sir Alan Sugar made headlines last year when he said workers should "get their bums back into the office" and accused young people of just wanting "to sit at home".

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

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

The Pad was lambasted in the print-shop windows where caricaturists laid into all the ludicrous fashions: bums, breasts, bellies, skirts, hats, and hair.

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

“You want to end up walking the tracks like those poor bums out there? Now get on out there before you get yourself fired.”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

“I’m both envious,” she said, “and a bit bummed out.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“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

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

While I’m bummed about the Rams’ finish, here’s to 2025-26, the best NFL season in recent memory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

“God, I've honestly been so bummed out thinking about you leaving.”

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023

Summing up his life in the mid-1980s, he wrote, “I was still bumming a ride on my Academy nomination.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 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