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buttock

[buht-uhk] / ˈbʌt ək /


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ICE officials acknowledged that Ayala-Uribe died at the Victorville hospital while waiting for surgery for an abscess on his buttock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025

He passed a concussion test before returning to the track though later said he was suffering knee and buttock pain.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024

Surgically speaking, a BBL is basically fat grafting, in which fat is moved from one location to your body to your buttock area.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2023

British journalist Nigel Ely wrote a 2017 book about a chunk of Saddam’s left buttock that he pried off the statue.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

“Only time I’ve ever seen Dad as angry as Mum. Fred reckons his left buttock has never been the same since.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

The potholed and dangerous roads of the Caucasus and Central Asia—Tajikistan’s Tunnel of Death lives up to its name—leave Mr. Barnes with aching buttocks and shattered nerves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

These are expected to include non-surgical BBLs, face lifts and filler-based body contouring treatments, which alter the shape of areas such as the stomach, thighs or buttocks.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Airlines measure capacity using something called an available seat mile, which is one mile flown by one seat, with or without buttocks.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

The study also found that people who used tanning beds were more likely to develop melanoma on body areas that are usually shielded from the sun, such as the lower back and buttocks.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025

Their last night of thirst and bland journey food and aching buttocks and saddle chafe and dry bathing and grit in every crease of cloth and flesh.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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