bump

Example Sentences

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Those shares would bump his stake in Tesla up to about 20.3%.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

"You can come on the train at Leeds where you bump into people every second, and you get off the train here and there's nobody. There's just scenery."

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Better-than-anticipated growth and a bump from higher crude oil prices have delivered an improved fiscal outlook for Canada’s Liberal government, which intends to pump the windfall back into the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Nasdaq’s bump today could signal that investors are once again enthusiastic about artificial intelligence stocks, but it also means that expectations are sky high.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

I confessed about the barefoot-discovered cat puke and a comatose Fig sleeping past his breakfast head bump.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas