stump
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The message is a frequent theme in Paxton’s stump speeches.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Citrini predicts that investors will stump up fresh capital, making it “more likely now that Leopold causes the bottom than causes AI to continue going down.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
It was dead before he came along, according to his standard stump speech.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Unlike a tree stump, which preserves rings from an organism's entire life, dinosaur bones provide only a partial record.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
There was a girl a few years older than Hazel sitting on a tree stump next to the big path.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
West Indies reached stumps on day three on 126-7 in their second innings - a lead of 155 runs - to leave the match finely poised.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Greaves had pushed the ball wide to the left-hander from over the wicket before he tailed a delivery back into Masood who played down the wrong line and inside edged on to his stumps.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
A further problem is that many Nigerian waterways are full of tree stumps following years of logging.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The detritus of war—tree stumps and abandoned equipment—is everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
But so far she hasn’t stumped for him, instead lobbing veiled criticisms of Talarico’s efforts to win over Black voters.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
His healthcare providers were stumped by his symptoms: a fever, rash, and intense headaches.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Only Washington Sundar offered much resistance as he scored a defiant 50 not out while England's Jos Buttler was stumped for 19.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Because a famous math problem that stumped humans for the better part of a century has finally been toppled—by AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
I collected my books and stumped off muttering, “There’s an awful lot of this going around.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Dunkley, Corteen-Coleman and Bell all misfielded for boundaries, while Jones missed a rare stumping with Bhatia on 51.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
When former players invest in clubs, they are often buying a much smaller amount of shares and stumping up far less than their business partners.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Thank you, Emily”: Wintour stumping for “The Devil Wears Prada 2” as she and Anne Hathaway continue with the makeup and hairstyling prize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 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
And for no reason at all that he could make out, his mind leaped to his father, stumping about on his wooden leg, rapping on his leg for attention with a walking stick.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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