as in slammed
to come into usually forceful contact with something
that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized
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Recent Examples of bumped
Click through to see which airlines bumped the largest share of their passengers during the second quarter of the year.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Notably this bumped some brands out of the top 20, including Versace, Jil Sander, Ferragamo and Balmain.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
If your site exceeds the bandwidth limit, you’re given one month of surge protection (your account gets bumped to a pricier tier afterward).
—PCMAG, 12 Oct. 2024
After initially announcing that trade-deadline acquisition Jack Flaherty would start Game 1, the Dodgers instead bumped Yamamoto up to the opener and Flaherty to Game 2.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Yes, one of the biggest comedy stars of the last half-century did, in fact, get bumped from the lineup at the last minute.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Clubs with the largest year-over-year increase included the 2023 NLCS winning Arizona Diamondbacks who were bumped from this year’s postseason on Monday (up over 380,000 from 2023), Kansas City Royals (up nearly 352,000), and Baltimore Orioles (up 344,331).
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The Orioles needed an ace after being bumped from the first round by World Series champion Texas a year ago, and 2021 NL Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes stepped up in his first and perhaps only season in Baltimore.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
After three weeks ruling the box office, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was bumped to second place thanks to the charming whimsy of The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation's adaptation of Peter Brown's beloved, award-winning bestseller of the same name.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Notably this bumped some brands out of the top 20, including Versace, Jil Sander, Ferragamo and Balmain.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
If your site exceeds the bandwidth limit, you’re given one month of surge protection (your account gets bumped to a pricier tier afterward).
—PCMAG, 12 Oct. 2024
After initially announcing that trade-deadline acquisition Jack Flaherty would start Game 1, the Dodgers instead bumped Yamamoto up to the opener and Flaherty to Game 2.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Yes, one of the biggest comedy stars of the last half-century did, in fact, get bumped from the lineup at the last minute.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Clubs with the largest year-over-year increase included the 2023 NLCS winning Arizona Diamondbacks who were bumped from this year’s postseason on Monday (up over 380,000 from 2023), Kansas City Royals (up nearly 352,000), and Baltimore Orioles (up 344,331).
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The Orioles needed an ace after being bumped from the first round by World Series champion Texas a year ago, and 2021 NL Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes stepped up in his first and perhaps only season in Baltimore.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
After three weeks ruling the box office, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was bumped to second place thanks to the charming whimsy of The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation's adaptation of Peter Brown's beloved, award-winning bestseller of the same name.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumped
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The family said Kyle Raleigh punched Troy Morrow and slammed him to the pavement.Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
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Advocates for student loan borrowers slammed the decision.Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Despite a recent uptick, the price of oil stands well below a 2022 peak reached when the blazing-hot economic rebound from the pandemic collided with a supply shortage imposed by the Russia-Ukraine war.Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Everest’s origin story began about 40 million to 50 million years ago, when landmasses on two slabs of Earth’s crust — the India Plate and the Eurasian Plate — collided in slow motion and crumpled the terrain, raising rocky peaks that over millions of years became the Himalayan mountain range.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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Flowers and other offerings were removed almost as soon as they were laid at a makeshift memorial in the southern city of Zhuhai, where 35 people were killed Monday evening when a car rammed into a crowd of people exercising outside a sports center.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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This area was among the Gulf Coast communities struggling in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes, as Hurricane Helene rammed into the region less than two weeks before Milton arrived.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Criswell was pressed specifically on FEMA's response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which hit the Southeast back-to-back, NPR's Debbie Elliott says.Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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The semi also hit one semi-truck, which was parked along the shoulder of the highway.David Chiu, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Bumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumped. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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