bump

Example Sentences

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Duflock heard that the Monarch tractor “would bump into stuff, it would not stop fast enough,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

It was hopes of a peace deal and a pullback in Treasury bond yields tied to those slumping crude prices and fading—finally—inflation pressures that gave the bump.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Others, including movie-review site Rotten Tomatoes and car-shopping guide Edmunds, got a ratings bump on weekends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Of course, 28 years later that toddler and baby bump are now playing at the World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The Americans are worried that when they remove Cleo, their boat might bump against the debris below the waterline.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman