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Once studios couldn’t count on a second bump of revenue beyond the box office, they began selecting safer films based on pre-existing properties that were guaranteed to get people into movie theaters.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

The stock market has bigger fish to fry this summer than a bump in oil prices.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

Or are they just another speed bump on the way to peace?

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026

Encore victories seem assured for all but Hatosy, who will bump from guest actor to supporting, where he’ll compete against castmate Patrick Ball, among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Ocean rollers can travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the sixtieth parallel and never bump into anything.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

At Goldman, Solomon said that the AI investment cycle would inevitably have bumps in the road, including potential market resets, but predicted those hiccups would be temporary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

That crate was then placed into an outer cage, in which metal springs acted as shock absorbers to protect it from bumps in the road.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Earlier superluminous supernovae had occasionally shown one or two bumps, often explained as shock waves colliding with shells of gas surrounding the dying star.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

The president developed his own trademark dance to accompany the song -- a stiff shuffle of the hips and fist bumps at waist-high level.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

By the middle of the nineteenth century, a popular parlor game is "reading" one's character by feeling the skull for bumps and dips and then matching them to a head chart such as this one.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Then in April of that year, a friend of Gerstner’s, professional poker player Phil Hellmuth, bumped into Sen. Ted Cruz at a tournament in Las Vegas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Publicly, Infantino acknowledged their phone call but says it isn’t why Balogun’s suspension got bumped.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

But one morning, we bumped into each other on 9th Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Ayola, from Cardiff, explained how the opportunity to appear in the comedy, set between Barry and Billericay, came about after she bumped into Jones while visiting a theatre.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The storm raged outside, and the little sailboat rocked and bumped into things as Reuben played with it.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

"But they will soon be bumping against the external problems that are bedeviling the industry."

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

If it’s 6%, then it’s a no-brainer to say you should consider at least bumping up your contributions by 1 percentage point so that you don’t leave free money on the table.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican, recalled bumping into Duffy last year and remarking that his skin was glowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

But the grief can hit during seemingly-innocuous interactions like bumping into someone at the shop, she said.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

"It's okay," Nancy began, "I'm used to tripping, stumbling, bumping into stuff, and falling."

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene