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these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way
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In serendipitous fashion, my husband and I met at JFK Airport as students when we were both bumped off a flight bound for Los Angeles.
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Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Airlines are booked, busy, and bruised Getting bumped off a flight wasn’t always considered an airline perk.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 July 2024
The film was originally billed as a Netflix Original before it got bumped off the streamer’s annual release calendar — twice.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Her Avianca flight to El Salvador left that day, but she was bumped off.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
But that means bumping off Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, which debuted to a rousing $73.8 million last weekend and could earn $30 million or more in its sophomore outing.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
The items were bumped off the menu by funnel cake and lava cake (also served with ice cream) but all of the desserts have since been removed from the menu.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
Byrd put up big numbers in some summer practice scrimmages, able to absorb more contact in the lane and use his length without being bumped off balance.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Airlines are booked, busy, and bruised Getting bumped off a flight wasn’t always considered an airline perk.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 July 2024
The film was originally billed as a Netflix Original before it got bumped off the streamer’s annual release calendar — twice.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Her Avianca flight to El Salvador left that day, but she was bumped off.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
But that means bumping off Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, which debuted to a rousing $73.8 million last weekend and could earn $30 million or more in its sophomore outing.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
The items were bumped off the menu by funnel cake and lava cake (also served with ice cream) but all of the desserts have since been removed from the menu.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
Byrd put up big numbers in some summer practice scrimmages, able to absorb more contact in the lane and use his length without being bumped off balance.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
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“Bump off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20off. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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