butting
Example Sentences
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He was frequently butting heads with the Blues' owners in his 18 months in charge and on 1 January left the club.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It’s the idealism of historic preservation butting up against the cost of human safety,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Kelce’s brother, Jason, and his wife, Kylie, have admitted to butting heads regularly about whether to adopt cats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Yet "butting against this is the national debt, which is now around $36 trillion."
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
He has no business butting in on matters he doesn’t know anything about and that’re outside of his duties.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
