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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses
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Halle Troadec, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026 What this entailed was gaining as much reliable information about the Soviet military as possible while stumping for an open skies policy that would allow overflights by both sides of the other's territory to prevent accidental war. —David Szondy march 29, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026
Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026 There will also be storytelling and dance-alongs, where kids can explore a life-sized Fairy Garden and Gnome Village, race Barky Boats and get on Bluey’s helicopter stump for a pretend ride on the upper and lower grounds of the venue. —Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stump
Verb
But the coalition of Democrats, independents and Republicans that Harris built caught the attention of moderate national Democrats such as Pete Buttigieg, another military veteran, who traveled to the northwest Georgia district to stump for Harris last month. —Halle Troadec, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026 What this entailed was gaining as much reliable information about the Soviet military as possible while stumping for an open skies policy that would allow overflights by both sides of the other's territory to prevent accidental war. —David Szondy march 29, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
There will be other unique opportunities, like joining in Bluey's school class photo and getting to visit Bluey's helicopter stump and a life-sized Gnome Village and Fairy Garden. —Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026 There will also be storytelling and dance-alongs, where kids can explore a life-sized Fairy Garden and Gnome Village, race Barky Boats and get on Bluey’s helicopter stump for a pretend ride on the upper and lower grounds of the venue. —Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stump
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With Estévez out, the Royals had to shuffle the bullpen.— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
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Of course, no rotation shuffling is imminent with Rodón expected to make at least three rehab starts and Cole moving at a slower pace following Tommy John surgery.— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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The waters near the border are rich with sea life, but few dare to fish there because the area is heavily restricted and closely watched.— Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
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The firm’s interiors feel daring yet steeped in design history, and the designer masterfully layers bold color palettes and whimsical patterns.— Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 19 Apr. 2026
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The area where the top screws onto the mouth of your water bottle can accumulate germs and beverage residue.— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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The facility’s bar soda gun holster had residue on it.— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado April 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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New surveillance video from inside a Brooklyn liquor store shows another angle of the rough mistaken identity arrest that ignited a firestorm of criticism, offering a different angle as one of the detectives appears to stomp the prone suspect.— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
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According to a transcript of Morales’ preliminary hearing, Morales allegedly stomped on Pulido’s head three to four dozen times, punched him in the head, slammed his head, and then heel stomped his head 20 more times.— Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
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However, in the case of the conflict in the Middle East those assumptions stand challenged.— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
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Their film, created by a Palestinian-Israeli collective during oppressive times, aims to challenge the ongoing expulsion and propose a vision of equality.— Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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The old refuse was collected into a single pile in the 1950s and newer operations continued to accumulate waste there, per DRMS.— Logan Smith, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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But some of that refuse, the ghost recalls, found a second life in the hands of a woman named Cara.— Omari Weekes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
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The show follows Nicky (Levy) and Morgan Dardano (Taylor Ortega), a pastor-and-teacher sibling duo from New Jersey who stumble into organized crime after Morgan steals a necklace from a postal store to bury with their dying grandmother.— Kennedy French, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
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When a character speaks English, an accent is employed and the manner is often a bit stumbling.— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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Many projects leave festivals like Sundance or Cannes without distribution, and even those filmmakers that get deals have seen their residuals and back-end participation shrink as streaming has upended the economics of Hollywood.— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
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All those incentives given to the original purchaser are passed along to future owners, but according to a Deloitte report, EV residuals are underperforming even more than expected.— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Stump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/stump. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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