bum-rushing

present participle of bum-rush

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Verb
  • Daniels, meanwhile, was hit 10 times by Green Bay’s swarming defense and faced pressure on nearly half of his dropbacks.
    Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The 1950s saw the Type 1 spread globally, especially swarming roads in the United States during the 1960s.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The kick cut Pittsburgh’s lead to 14-9 and sent the Jaguars into the locker room buzzing, with teammates mobbing the second-year kicker in celebration.
    Tobias Bass, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The team has started the 2025/26 season in a less than free-flowing fashion and has struggled to put up the attacking numbers that might be expected of a defending champion.
    James Nalton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Atalanta comes in with resilience and attacking threats, particularly in transition, but their back line has looked shaky at times this year.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hunter has served over a decade in prison and been convicted on charges including larceny, robbery and assaulting a government official with a deadly weapon, North Carolina Department of Corrections records show.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The neighbor, who denied any political motivations in the attack, pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress was sentenced to eight months behind bars.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prediction market odds of Israel raiding a Gaza aid flotilla carrying climate activist Greta Thunberg are rising, jumping from less than 1 percent at the start of the month to nearly 80 percent by September 30, according to Polymarket.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Private equity firms have long cultivated a reputation for raiding Wall Street’s analyst pool, to the point where investment banks had to establish stronger boundaries recently.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The socialite made headlines in May by wearing her version of the necklace in Paris during the trial of 10 people who were accused of robbing the reality star in October 2016.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Four months into probation, Brown was arrested for robbing a man at an apartment.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Varholak closed his night 11-for-18 passing with 247 yards and a trio of touchdowns for Hingham (along with 47 yards rushing), while Reale added four receptions for 72 yards and two scores.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Cade Saunders and Elijah Womack both had rushing TDs in the first quarter to accelerate the blowout, and Saunders also had a pick to set up another first-half score.
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the joint-highest goalscorer in the Champions League (13, level with Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy), and La Liga’s official player of the season, he could even be forgiven for storming into the comments to argue for a higher ranking here.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Get Devastating George Kittle Injury News The SEC fined Mississippi State $500,000 on Monday for the field-storming incident, according to On3.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Bum-rushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum-rushing. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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