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Recent Examples of tush The tush push has become controversial largely because of its effectiveness. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025 Continue reading … 'FOOTBALL TYPE OF PLAY’ – Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce addressed the health and safety concerns surrounding the tush push amid talks to potentially outlaw the play. Fox News Staff, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025 Like many other aspects across the NFL, other teams have tried to adopt the tush push with varying success, while the Eagles remain the masters of it. Ben Morse and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025 Even if the tush push gets banned when a final decision is made, Nick Sirianni should at least have something good come out the NFL owners' meetings. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tush
Noun
  • An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
  • With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Noun
  • As the final seats are allocated and the center-right Liberal Party surveys the damage – including the loss of its leader, Peter Dutton, from parliament – here are five takeaways.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
  • Dutton's plight parallels that of Canada's opposition leader, Pierre Poilievre, who lost his seat after Trump declared economic war on the U.S. neighbor to the north.
    Time, Time, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • The shark skin can be applied to an aircraft’s fuselage, wings, and tail, and could improve efficiency up to 4 percent, according to Micro Tau estimates.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 May 2025
  • Lose a tail and stem cells in the spinal cord sync up like an orchestra, accelerating their division in unison to rebuild the missing structure.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Standing in the pen behind the bull, Glass makes kissing noises and pats the animal’s rump for encouragement, while Scalisi stands ready, hand on the chute’s lever.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Nearly 60 percent of veteran voters backed T rump, while roughly 40 percent cast their vote for Harris.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Tush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tush. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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