bumper
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The device, known as the Grappler, was released from where it was installed on the front bumper of a sheriff’s vehicle and onto the fleeing suspect’s back tires.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The pursuing agent presses a button, unlocking the device attached to their vehicle’s front bumper, and a net springs out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The shares have fallen 8% in April through Wednesday’s close, entirely missing out on the stock market’s bumper month of gains.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
A total of 52.5% of voters in Wales backed Brexit in 2016 and Boris Johnson secured a bumper number of Welsh Conservative MPs in the 2019 general election with his promise to "Get Brexit Done".
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Styx carried the bumper, seeing as it was almost as long as I was tall.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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