bum's rush

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Recent Examples of bum's rush Mattis got the bum's rush treatment from Obama, too. Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
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Noun
  • In a tense call after Altman’s firing, the board pressed him to acknowledge a pattern of deception.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Not with a dramatic firing, not with a bitter exit, but with an acquisition that made my role redundant.
    Geoff Curtis, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ball was walking around in a boot Sunday after spraining his left foot in the first half of UConn's 71-62 win over Illinois.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The boot by Anderson was near perfect, finding Mariana Auns in front who tried to head the ball into the goal.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While Proctor was a big fish in a smaller pond, his 16 career sacks and 26 total tackles for loss were impressive marks for an interior lineman.
    Mike Kaye April 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Lawrence has 341 tackles and 30 1/2 sacks in 109 regular-season games in the league.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If your work is routine, repetitive and boring, get ahead of this now — don’t wait for the pink slip.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In Sacramento City Unified, everyone working in the district office, including the interim superintendent, was issued a pink slip.
    EdSource, Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The poxvirus and rabies labs lost about half their prior staff, and the CDC's malaria branch was gutted even more, according to the National Public Health Coalition, an organization of former and current CDC workers that formed in the wake of the downsizing.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The poxvirus and rabies labs lost about half their prior staff, and the CDC’s malaria branch was gutted even more, according to the National Public Health Coalition, an organization of former and current CDC workers that formed in the wake of the downsizing.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Bum's rush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum%27s%20rush. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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