stump
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The Harris campaign said she also plans to stump for Pappas in New Hampshire on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Like any good candidate, Vance is increasingly bringing his family on the stump.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
He’s repeating the point on the stump, and he’s right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
But at Hinojosa’s rally in McAllen this month, Ovalle was nodding along with the Democratic candidate, recording clips of her stump speech.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
They were jumping from one stump to the next stump and shouting.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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
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
When their pace bowlers tried to hit the stumps, they could not find the target.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Tongue bowled with high pace and targeted the stumps – all four of his wickets were bowled or lbw.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
First came the stumps of the houses that had once contained the dreams of pioneers, and then the town proper in a line of ruined structures.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Stair-climbing has stumped the robotics field for decades, as the activity requires continuous center-of-gravity shifts and visual information processing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Adam Harris Levine stood before the 18th-century painting, completely stumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
On this occasion, he tried to wallop the spin of Tharindu Rathnayake over long-on and was stumped by a distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Reprieved lbw to Dan Lawrence he danced down the pitch and was stumped next ball.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
He stumped over to a small crystal bottle standing on top of a sideboard and held it up to the light, examining the thick liquid within.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
That’s the pitch Sen. Bernie Sanders has been making while stumping for Mr. Jackson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
“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
Falling 2-0 down in the Ashes of the same year was masked by the Jonny Bairstow stumping and fightback to 2-2.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
“You can put those away,” he growled, stumping over to his desk and sitting down, “those books. You won’t need them.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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