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“They can be a little kid, they can be an old man, I can’t stump you guys as far as casting you in the scene and that’s fun.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Under a piece of wood by the stump was a yellow sack containing a white Spencer’s shopping bag.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Brydon Carse cleaned up Nick Potts with another quick and full ball and in the next over, Bashir lost his middle stump to one angled in.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Maybe this stuff works on TV or on the stump.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

He just sat there as still as the stump he was sitting on, peering at us with his beady little eyes.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The supply chain bringing matsutake mushrooms from under the tree stumps of southwestern China to its fanciest hotels offers a window into the country’s logistical prowess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Gay swished his bat in the direction of the stumps in frustration and wasted a review, his immediate future in the team vulnerable.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Tongue bowled with high pace and targeted the stumps – all four of his wickets were bowled or lbw.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Operating with no great pace – Robinson often has the wicketkeeper standing up – the Sussex man relentlessly targets the stumps and pads with unerring accuracy and fingertip control.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Though it was not Monday, some woman had spread out a washing on the bushes and stumps by her house.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Adam Harris Levine stood before the 18th-century painting, completely stumped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Reprieved lbw to Dan Lawrence he danced down the pitch and was stumped next ball.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

In a year of unthinkable math progress, as increasingly powerful AI systems have cracked conjectures that had long stumped humans, OpenAI published a breakthrough on Tuesday that represents the most significant advance yet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

ChatGPT-style AI is revolutionizing the world of high-level math by quickly solving famous, long-unsolved problems that stumped experts for decades.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

The second stage was introduced as a change, by common consent Sir Grummore stumped off to one end of the clearing, while King Pellinore plodded off to the other.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

After Talarico’s campaign posted footage of the former president stumping with him at a taco shop this spring, the equivalencies flowed in.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

“We call it stumping out—it means that your legs just give out and you collapse,” Rahlves said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey, who made a century in the first innings, had another good day with his quick hands stumping Crawley off Lyon.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

Garcetti, then a Los Angeles City Council member, joined Reiner in stumping for 2004 Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean, for whom the director was an early backer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025

Mrs. Corry, dancing lightly in her elastic-sided boots and holding her skirts daintily with her hands, disappeared in the other direction with her huge daughters stumping noisily behind her.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers