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  • present tense form of dump (3rd person singular).
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dumps

[duhmps] / dʌmps /


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Also: How to use options around earnings to trade Nike’s stock, which has been down in the dumps for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Michael Sheen says an offer to meet Wales' first minister over claims people have been poisoned by decades of exposure to toxic waste dumps "was not taken up".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

People living in informal settlements built on mine waste dumps are falling ill and more "houses will crack and fall into sinkholes", he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Cole is a former cop who feels guilty about his father’s death, a backstory as lackluster as the exposition dumps that blurt it out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Anyway, I can tell she wanted them, because she’s giddy, clapping her hands like a little kid as Uncle dumps her loot into a bright pyramid.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio


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