butt
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Gossip has whipsawed through Penn State group chats and become the butt of comment-section jokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The robots might be the butt of the joke.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Michigan was the butt of jokes all week after a lucky break put a second on the clock and gave Underwood another chance to complete a game-winning pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Huffman’s characterization of Bree is three-dimensional and completely straight-faced, brimming with compassion and curiosity — and, really, so very funny, but without ever making Bree the butt of the joke.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I make a lot of jokes, but you are never the butt of any of them. I wouldn’t make you the butt of a bad joke.”
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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According to Wyoming paleontologist and study coauthor Jessica Lippincott, they are commonly nicknamed "squid butts" in the region.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Pomeranian munchkins in Munchkinland skitter around, sniffing wagging butts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
These included the Sarimukti Landfill in Bandung Regency, which torched dozens of hectares of land, and was suspected of having been caused by cigarette butts and a buildup of methane gas.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Taylor Swift fans have paid $25 for pieces of trash -- including cigarette butts and an ovulation test kit -- collected near the US pop queen's wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
I didn’t even tell the Kellies that the dirtiest thing I can think of is sitting on a chair that clogs all the time and wiping butts with dry toilet paper.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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