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The team hit a speed bump with the Blair House’s front porch spindles, which had been removed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The growth was driven by a 5% bump in the U.S. and Canada, thanks to broad-based increases across chain scales and customer segments, Marriott said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The yen’s slide to a 40-year low indirectly threatened to bump up U.S. interest rates and risked throwing a wrench in plans to pull billions of dollars of Japanese investment into the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

"We observed that the atoms, which are only a few nanometers in size, bump into each other as if they were much larger," says Thywissen.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

It was the third day in a row that Fig had slept past his breakfast head bump.

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

Filling the hole at center was weighted so heavily among the Lakers’ priorities — and landing Kessler earned them so much extra credit — it bumps their grade almost all the way up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

In other words, raises are still coming for many workers — but the average size of those pay bumps is becoming more modest.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

Goose bumps prickle along my arms as we enter the cinema.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

His chances of making Carolina’s 53-man roster improved greatly last month when veteran backup quarterback Will Grier announced his retirement, which bumped King up to No. 3 on the depth chart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

For example, while driving in the extremely remote northwest Australia to see an eclipse in 2019, Green said she bumped into Milligan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

PayPal bumped up its profitability guidance and reported revenue growth in the company’s first earnings release since receiving a takeover offer from rival fintech Stripe and buyout firm Advent International.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Before the rainout bumped the second game of the series against the New York Yankees, Sheehan was scheduled to start Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Someone bumped into me, and I was jarred from my horror and back to the task at hand.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

And he needed all of his snarl and bite to survive the three laps of jostling, barging and bumping that followed.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The eye health company raised its full-year guidance across the board, bumping its revenue target up by $20 million to a new range of $5.44 billion to $5.54 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The company also raised its full-year earnings outlook to $12.70 a share from $12.25, while bumping its revenue outlook to roughly $35 billion from $34 billion.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Then Edwards went to grad school from 2020 to 2022 and switched careers again to work in tech, bumping their household income above $200,000.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

I kept falling over rocks and logs, bumping into trees, and getting all tangled up in the underbrush.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls