butt against

The bigger concern was that Flannery’s holdings had grown into a giant mass that butted against Travis Air Force Base on three sides.

And now, a decade later, Muniz is aware that his lifelong sobriety butts against people’s perceptions of how former child actors are expected to behave.

Gran pulled the Oldsmobile into her driveway, butted against a lush green lawn on one side and bushes on the other.

In one case, they peeled back asphalt that butted against a charred breadfruit trunk.

We can only imagine the possibilities that could have emerged from depicting the character’s steadfast standards butting against the crass, psychologically draining demands of a viewership-driven business.