butting in

Example Sentences

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So what if you don’t want Meta AI butting in every time you search for something or scroll through your social feeds?

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

A heat wave butting in during the monsoon season is not unheard of, according to meteorologists.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2022

There are also friends — more “friends” — now butting in to “encourage” you to accept an apology you find insincere.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2022

If he doesn’t respond well to this, or if he keeps butting in despite your explicitly asking him not to, it’s time to look for a new job, as tough as I know that is.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2021

Otherwise they find themselves butting in the business of people whose names they can’t even remember and whose business is none of theirs.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison