butt
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The minister revealed that nine out of 10 fires "are human-caused and most arise from carelessness: a cigarette butt, a barbecue, work carried out without precaution".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In fact, they responded with the sudden ferocity of a Zinédine Zidane head butt to the chest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Adam Hamawy’s campaign headquarters is in a suburban New Jersey office center, down the hall from Princeton Plastic Surgeons, his practice that offers everything from eyelid surgery to Brazilian butt lifts.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The piano is not that complicated, but the trumpet is a pain in the butt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
“It’s so hard to find what my mama calls modest clothes in the regular stores. You know, long enough to cover your butt, half sleeves or longer, not so tight you can’t even breathe.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
The pitch to restaurants “was getting more butts on seats,” Templeton said, along with better customer tracking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Israeli media reported that police were treating the fire as accidental, caused by cigarette butts thrown from a car window.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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 had firefighters work Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. I talked to my incident commander, and he goes, ‘Chief, these guys are getting their butts kicked.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
It took the Brazen Beasts pounding the butts of their spears against the floor before the hall quieted again.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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